[W/K] :: shriek

  Shriek \Shriek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrieked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Shrieking.] [OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E.
     screech. See Screech, and cf. Screak.]
     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.
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           It was the owl that shrieked.            --Shak.
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           At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
           Echoed her grief.                        --Dryden.
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  Shriek \Shriek\, v. t.
     To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or
     shrieks.
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           On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl,
           Shrieking his baleful note.              --Spenser.
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           She shrieked his name
           To the dark woods.                       --Moore.
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  Shriek \Shriek\, n.
     A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as
     is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
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           Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Shriek owl. (Zool.)
     (a) The screech owl.
     (b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.
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  shriek
       n 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]

  169 Moby Thesaurus words for "shriek":
     Homeric laughter, bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, be in stitches,
     beep, bell, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blast, blat, blow,
     blow the horn, blubber, boff, boffola, boom, bray, break up,
     breathe, bugle, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out,
     burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, buzz,
     cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, cheer,
     chirp, chortle, chuckle, clarion, convulsion, coo, creak, crow,
     cry, cry out, drawl, exclaim, fanfare, fit of laughter,
     flourish of trumpets, flute, gales of laughter, gasp, giggle,
     go into convulsions, groan, growl, grunt, guffaw, ha-ha, hail,
     halloo, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, hiss, ho-ho,
     holler, hollo, honk, hoot, horselaugh, howl, hurrah, keen, laugh,
     laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, lilt,
     make an outcry, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, nearly die laughing,
     outburst of laughter, pant, peal, peal of laughter, pipe,
     rallying cry, risibility, roar, roar of laughter,
     roar with laughter, rumble, screak, scream, screech,
     shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shall, shout,
     shout of laughter, shrill, sibilate, sigh, sing, skirl, skreigh,
     snap, snarl, snicker, snigger, snort, sob, sough, sound,
     sound a tattoo, sound taps, split, split with laughter, squall,
     squawk, squeak, squeal, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara,
     tattoo, tee-hee, thunder, tirade, titter, toot, tootle, trumpet,
     trumpet blast, trumpet call, twang, tweedle, ululate, ululation,
     wail, war cry, war whoop, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, whoop,
     wind, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yo-ho, yowl,
     yuck, yuk-yuk
  
  

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

  shriek
       
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