What (who) is shriek - definition
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Shreik; Shriek (disambiguation)
shriek
(shrieks, shrieking, shrieked)
1.
When someone shrieks, they make a short, very loud cry, for example because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing.
She shrieked and leapt from the bed...
Miranda shrieked with laughter.
VERB: V, V with n
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Shriek is also a noun.
Sue let out a terrific shriek and leapt out of the way.
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2.
If you shriek something, you shout it in a loud, high-pitched voice.
'Stop it! Stop it!' shrieked Jane...
He was shrieking obscenities and weeping.
= scream
VERB: V with quote, V n
shriek
shriek
¦ verb utter a high-pitched piercing sound, cry, or words.
¦ noun
1. a high-pitched piercing cry or sound.
2. informal an exclamation mark.
Derivatives
shrieker noun
shrieking adjective
shriekingly adverb
Origin
C15: imitative; cf. screech.
Wikipedia
Shriek
Shriek may refer to:
- Screaming, a loud vocalization
- Exclamation mark, in some computing and mathematical contexts
- Shriek map, in category theory, a type of unusual functor
- Shriek (album) or the title song, by Wye Oak, 2014
- "Shriek" (Batman Beyond), a television episode
- Shriek (Batman Beyond character), the namesake character introduced in the episode
- Shriek (character), a Marvel Comics character
- Shriek: An Afterword, a 2006 novel by Jeff VanderMeer
- Shriek, in the Dragon Age media franchise, a type of Darkspawn creature
- Shriek DuBois, a character in the TV series CatDog
- The Shriek, a 1933 American animated short film
Pronunciation examples for shriek
1. The shriek
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2. There was a high, brief, piercing shriek.
Eight in Three Weeks, and Other Early Stories _ David Pablo Cohn _ Talks at Google
3. can sort of shriek research, actually,
The Sparsholt Affair _ Alan Hollinghurst _ Talks at Google
4. the loudspeaker on the roof would shriek at me
Interstate - Hitchhiking Through the State of a Nation _ Julian Sayarer _ Talks at Google
5. The women shriek with laughter or groan and hiss.
_ Kat Jungnickel _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of shriek
1. They‘ve made her shriek with horror and gasp in wonder.
2. Boo!" shriek the sideline veterans at the marching veterans.
3. That would shriek of a lack of confidence," he says.
4. When they found them, they would shriek in grief, pound their chests or collapse.
5. Her husband‘s shriek at the moment she was shot was terrifying, Gubareva said.