shriek
noun/ʃriːk/
/ʃriːk/
- a loud high shout, for example one that you make when you are excited, frightened or in pain
- She let out a piercing shriek.
- a shriek of delight
- Shrieks of laughter came from the bedroom.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loud
- little
- blood-curdling
- …
- emit
- give
- let out
- …
- with a shriek
- shriek of
- a shriek of delight
- a shriek of laughter
- a shriek of pain
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a verb): imitative; compare with dialect screak, Old Norse skrækja, also with screech.Definitions on the go
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