intransitive. Of an inanimate object: to make a strident, grating, or crashing noise. Obsolete.

intransitive. To utter a shrill, weak sound; to talk or sing weakly or shrilly; to cheep, squeak, chirp or croak. Cf. peep, v.2 1a, pip, v.2

intransitive. To emit a high-pitched or shrill sound; also, to sing the treble part to (const. upon) the lower parts or plain-song in a harmonized…

To speak, cry, or sing with a shrill voice; to make a shrill noise. Of persons or animals.

intransitive. To make a shrill noise.

Of things: To emit or produce a shrill or strident sound.

Of other inanimate things.

intransitive. To bleat, or make similar sounds. Also figurative, to talk noisily or impulsively.

intransitive. To utter a low somewhat shrill protracted sound or cry, usually expressive of pain or… transferred of inanimate objects.

intransitive. To make a shrill abrupt sound, as a bird's chirp, the whistle of a flying bullet, etc. Cf. whit, int.

intransitive. Esp. of a bullet or other object passing rapidly through the air: to make a sharp, high-pitched ringing or twanging sound. Hence…

intransitive. To utter a high-pitched sound.