Definitions for shriek

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Spelling: [shreek]

IPA: /ʃrik/

Shriek is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in shriek (ehikrs).

Definitions for shriek

noun

1. a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
2. a loud, high sound of laughter.
3. any loud, shrill sound, as of a whistle.

verb (used with object)

1. to utter in a shriek:

verb (used without object)

1. to utter a loud, sharp, shrill cry, as birds.
2. to cry out sharply in a high voice:
3. to utter loud, high-pitched sounds in laughing.
4. (of a musical instrument, a whistle, the wind, etc.) to give forth a loud, shrill sound.

Origin of shriek

1560-70; earlier shrick, N variant of shritch (now dial.), Middle English schrichen, back formation from Old English scriccettan; akin to shrike

Examples for shriek

At this juncture the brakes began to shriek and grind upon the wheels.

Even her brother, Sheriff, who tried to pick her up to cuddle her, was pushed away with a firm “no” and a shriek.

For all its performance art and immersive theater foundation, the show also has its own shriek moments.

By degrees her voice had lost its cooing tone and had risen to a shriek.

It was rather a frightful place to go into in search of the source of a shriek.

Through the cold and darkness came a shriek that chilled her with horror.

Yet, in the intensity of her utterance, the feeble whisper struck like a shriek of horror.

They will shriek and giggle, half-scared and half-delighted, when their father pretends to be a monster that will eat them up.

Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony.

A shriek of glee briefly broke out across the Web as inquiring minds tried to deduce who was the lucky lady.