I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of keen (IV)
: having the quality of or suggesting a keen
the … cicada and his keening cry — K.F.Weaver
a long keening scream like a rabbit caught in a gin trap — Hartley Howard
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of keen (IV)
1. : the act of keening
mourning … is celebrated by self-laceration, the destruction of property, and daily keening — William Lipkind
keening was not confined to the period of death — Alfred Métraux
the keening of bagpipes — Lyn Harrington
2. : keen V
never had heard a keening — Mary Deasy