shriek

1 sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" [syn: scream, screaming, shrieking, screech, screeching]

2 a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" [syn: screech, screeching, shrieking, scream, screaming] v : utter a shrill cry [syn: shrill, pipe up, pipe]

English

Etymology

Cognate to Swedish skrika (skrik) and German schreien (schrei). Both with the same

Pronunciation

• /ʃɹiːk/, /Sri:k/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

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

Translations

Verb

1. 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.
2. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Translations

Shriek may refer to:

• Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, a 2000 comedy film
• a slang term for the exclamation mark, still used in some computing contexts
• Shriek (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Shriek (Batman Beyond), a villain in the DC animated universe's Batman Beyond
• a book in the Strange Matter series

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