1. makes a high-pitched, piercing sound
Usage: third person singular present

1. high-pitched, piercing sounds
Usage: plural form

Examples

• The alarm shrills loudly every morning at six.
• She shrills with excitement when she sees her favorite band.
• The tea kettle shrills when the water boils.
• The referee’s whistle shrills across the field.
• The shrills of the fire alarm woke everyone up.
• We could hear the shrills of seagulls at the beach.
• The shrills from the playground indicated recess had begun.