shriek
A sharp, shrill outcry or screamA sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
» Ziri shrieked like a little girl.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
Kreischen
пронзительный крик, визгvizg
ве́рескvéresk, вискvysk
sharp piercing cry
(UK, slang)An exclamation mark.
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
plural: shrieksSynonyms
5 synonyms- sharp piercing cry:screamscreamingshriekingscreechscreeching
- a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry:screechscreechingshriekingscreamscreaming