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- Dictionaryshriek/ʃriːk/
verb
- 1. utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement: "the audience shrieked with laughter"
noun
- 1. a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream: "shrieks of laughter"
- 2. an exclamation mark. informal
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SHRIEK definition: 1. a short, loud, high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of a powerful…. Learn more.
noun. 1. : a shrill usually wild or involuntary cry. 2. : a sound resembling a shriek. the shriek of chalk on the blackboard. Synonyms. Verb.
A high-pitched, piercing cry is a shriek. A common response to finding a snake curled in the silverware drawer would be to shriek. You can shriek in fear, surprise, or even shriek with laughter. If the sound you make is high, sharp, and loud, it's a shriek.
shriek. verb [ I or T ] us / ʃriːk / uk / ʃriːk / to make such a cry: We shrieked with laughter when we realized how stupid we'd been. I tried to apologize, but he just shrieked abuse at me. [ + speech ] "Don't you dare do that ever again!" she shrieked. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to cry out sharply in a high voice: to shriek with pain. Synonyms: screech, scream. to utter loud, high-pitched sounds in laughing. (of a musical instrument, a whistle, the wind, etc.) to give forth a loud, shrill sound.
n. 1. a loud, sharp, shrill cry. 2. any loud, shrill sound, as of a whistle. v.i. 3. to utter a loud, sharp, shrill cry. 4. to give forth a loud, shrill sound. v.t. 5. to utter in a shriek. [1560–70; earlier shrick, N variant of shritch (now dial.), Middle English schrichen]
Definition of 'shriek' Word Frequency. shriek. (ʃriːk ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense shrieks , present participle shrieking , past tense, past participle shrieked. 1. verb. When someone shrieks, they make a short, very loud cry, for example because they are suddenly surprised, are in pain, or are laughing.
