SHRIEK meaning: A loud, high-pitched, piercing scream

We found 31 dictionaries that define the word shriek:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

shriek: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shriek: Merriam-Webster
shriek: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
shriek: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
shriek: Collins English Dictionary
shriek: Vocabulary.com
Shriek, shriek: Wordnik
shriek: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
shriek: Wiktionary
shriek: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
shriek: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
shriek: Infoplease Dictionary
shriek: Dictionary.com
shriek (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
shriek: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Shriek (Wye Oak album), Shriek (character), Shriek (comics), Shriek, The Shriek: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Shriek: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
shriek: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
shriek: Rhymezone
shriek: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
shriek: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
shriek: FreeDictionary.org
shriek: Mnemonic Dictionary
shriek: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

shriek: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
shriek: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

shriek: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See shrieked as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
▸ noun:  (UK, slang) An exclamation mark.
▸ verb:  (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.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Similar:

screaming, shrill, screeching, pipe up, pipe, screak, shright, shreek, shriekery, squawk, more...

Opposite:

whisper, murmur, mutter

Types:

yell, scream, holler, howl, cry, bawl, more...

Phrases:

shriek owl, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th, Shriek of the Mutilated, Hide and Go Shriek, shriek in laughter, more...

Adjectives:

loud, wild, little, shrill, sudden, faint, long, terrible, last, pitched, fearful

Colors:

neon green, electric blue, blood red, bright yellow, shocking pink, more...