shriek
To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beastsTo 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.
» Ziri shrieked like a little girl.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)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.
kreischen
визжа́тьvizžátʹ
вереща́тиvereščáty, вища́тиvyščáty
utter a shrill cry
(transitive)To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.
kreischen
Examples
30 sentencesZiri shrieked like a little girl.
They were all shrieking with fear.
She shrieked whenever she saw a spider.
All the girls climbed shrieking upon their desks.
She tickled him until he shrieked with laughter.
Translations
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Origin
From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), frFrom obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.
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Forms
shrieks, shrieking, shrieked, shriekedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle