Definitions of shriek [ʃrik]

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Definition of 'shriek'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) shriek
a loud, sharp, shrill cry.

2. shriek
any loud, shrill sound, as of a whistle.

3. (v.i.) shriek
to utter a loud, sharp, shrill cry.

4. shriek
to give forth a loud, shrill sound.

5. (v.t.) shriek
to utter in a shriek.

Etymology: (1560–70; earlier shrick, N var. of shritch (now dial.), ME schrichen)

Definition of 'shriek'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching
sharp piercing cry
"her screaming attracted the neighbors"

2. (verb) screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
"he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"

3. (verb) shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe
utter a shrill cry

Definition of 'shriek'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shriek
to scream
little kids shrieking with excitement; a shriek of terror

Definition of 'shriek'

Webster Dictionary

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

2. (verb) shriek
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

3. (verb) shriek
to utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks

Definitions of 'shriek'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. shriek
See excl. Occasional CMU usage, also in common use among APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists.

Translation of 'shriek'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to give out, or say with, a high scream or laugh She shrieked whenever she saw a spider; shrieking with laughter.
Afrikaans: gil, skree	Arabic: يَصْرُخ	Bulgarian: изкрещявам
Brazilian: guinchar	Czech: ječet	German: kreischen
Danish: hyle	Greek: τσιρίζω, στριγκλίζω	Spanish: chillar, gritar
Estonian: kriiskama	Farsi: جيغ زذن	Finnish: kirkaista
French: hurler, pousser un cri	Hebrew: לִצְרְוֹחַ	Hindi: चीखना
Croatian: vrištati, kričati	Hungarian: sikít	Indonesian: memekik, tertawa terbahak
Icelandic: skrækja	Italian: gridare, strillare	Japanese: 金切り声で言う
Korean: 비명을 지르다	Lithuanian: klykti, cypti, spiegti	Latvian: spalgi kliegt; spiegt
Malay: menjerit; memekik	Dutch: gillen	Norwegian: skrike, hyle
Polish: piszczeć	Persian: جيغ زذن	Pashto: چيغې وهل، كړيكې وهل: چيغې
Portuguese: guinchar	Romanian: a urla; a scoate un strig	Russian: пронзительно кричать; виз
Slovak: jačať, vrieskať	Slovenian: vreščati	Serbian: vrisnuti
Swedish: [gall]skrika, tjuta	Thai: กรีดร้อง	Turkish: acı acı bağırmak, feryat
Taiwanese: 尖聲叫或笑	Ukrainian: вищати, верещати	Urdu: چیخ مارنا
Vietnamese: cười ngặt nghẽo, la hét i	Chinese: 尖声叫（笑）
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