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shriek

  [shreek]
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–noun
1. a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
2. a loud, high sound of laughter.
3. any loud, shrill sound, as of a whistle.
–verb (used without object)
4. to utter a loud, sharp, shrill cry, as birds.
5. to cry out sharply in a high voice: to shriek with pain.
6. to utter loud, high-pitched sounds in laughing.
7. (of a musical instrument, a whistle, the wind, etc.) to give forth a loud, shrill sound.
–verb (used with object)
8. to utter in a shriek: to shriek defiance.
Origin:
1560–70; earlier shrick, N var. of shritch (now dial.), ME schrichen, back formation from OE scriccettan; akin to shrike

Related forms:
shrieker, noun
shriek⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
shrieky, adjective

Synonyms:
1, 5. scream, screech. 5. See scream.
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shriek   (shrēk)   
n.  
  1. A shrill, often frantic cry.
  2. A sound suggestive of such a cry.
v.   shrieked, shriek·ing, shrieks

v.   intr.
  1. To utter a shriek.
  2. To make a sound similar to a shriek.
v.   tr.
To utter with a shriek.

[Middle English skriken, shriken, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skrækja.]
shriek'er n.
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Shriek

Shriek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrieked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrieking.] [OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E. screech. See Screech, and cf. Screak.] To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

It was the owl that shrieked. --Shak.

At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed her grief. --Dryden.

Shriek

Shriek\, v. t. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl, Shrieking his baleful note. --Spenser.

She shrieked his name To the dark woods. --Moore.

Shriek

Shriek\, n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town. --Dryden.

Shriek owl. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The screech owl. (b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.
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Language Translation for : shriek
Spanish: chillar, gritar,
German: kreischen,
Japanese: 金切り声で言う
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shriek

n. See excl. Occasional CMU usage, also in common use among APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists.
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shriek  (v.)
c.1200, scrycke, from O.N. skrækja "to screech" (see screech), probably of imitative origin. The noun is attested from 1590.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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shriek
exclamation mark

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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