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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  shriek
       
          exclamation mark
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
                                                    --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Shriek owl. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) The screech owl.
     (b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It was the owl that shrieked.            --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
           Echoed her grief.                        --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Shriek \Shriek\, v. t.
     To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or
     shrieks.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl,
           Shrieking his baleful note.              --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           She shrieked his name
           To the dark woods.                       --Moore.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
           It was the owl that shrieked.            --Shak.
  
           At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed
           her grief.                               --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Shriek \Shriek\, v. t.
     To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or
     shrieks.
  
           On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl, Shrieking his
           baleful note.                            --Spenser.
  
           She shrieked his name To the dark woods. --Moore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
           Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     Shriek owl. (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) The screech owl.
     (b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shriek
     n.
     1 A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is
  caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
     2 (lb en UK slang) An exclamation mark.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) 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 (lb en transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or
  with a shriek or shrieks.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  shriek
     n.
     1 A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is
  caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
     2 (lb en UK slang) An exclamation mark.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) 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 (lb en transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or
  with a shriek or shrieks.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  shriek
     n.
     1 A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is
  caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
     2 (lb en UK slang) An exclamation mark.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) 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 (lb en transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or
  with a shriek or shrieks.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  shriek
     n.
     1 A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is
  caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
     2 (lb en UK slang) An exclamation mark.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) 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 (lb en transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or
  with a shriek or shrieks.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shriek
     Englanti n.
     kirkuna
     Englanti vb.
     kirkua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  shriek
     Engelska n.
     skrik
     Engelska vb.
     skrika

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/
  الصراخ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  shriek //ʃɹiːk// 
  крясък, писък
  a sharp, shrill outcry or scream

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  shriek //ʃɹiːk// 
  крещя, пищя
  to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/ 
  zaječení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/ 
  výkřik

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/
  Schrei  [schriller]
   see: piercing shriek
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/ 
  kreischen 
        "shriek with laughter"  - vor Lachen brüllen
        "shriek in pain"  - vor Schmerzen schreien
   see: shrieking, shrieked, shrieks, shrieked
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/
  
  στριγκλιά, στριγκλίζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  shriek //ʃɹiːk// 
  kirkaisu, rääkäisy
  a sharp, shrill outcry or scream

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  shriek //ʃɹiːk// 
  kirkaista, rääkäistä
  to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/ 
  1. चीख
        "On hearing the shriek of the boy we all ran towards him."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/ 
  1. चीखना
        "The girl shrieked after seeing a dog on the street."
  2. चिल्लाना
        "'I hate you', he shrieked."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/
  krik, kričati, parna pištaljka, pištati, urlati, vrisak, vrisnuti, vrištati

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/
  1. visítás
  2. sikoltás

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  shriek //ʃɹiːk// 
  悲鳴
  a sharp, shrill outcry or scream

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  shriek /ʃri:k/
  I.    wrzeszczeć, zanosić się (with laughter - śmiechem)
  II.    wrzask

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  shriek /ʃɹˈiːk/
  1. çığlık atmak, haykırmak, feryat etmek
  2. feryat, çığlık, haykırma.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃɹik/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 尖锐的响声;
  v. 尖叫,发出尖锐的声音;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 尖锐的响声
     vi. 尖叫,发出尖锐的声音
     vt. 尖声发出

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