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Shriek   /ʃrik/   Listen
noun
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."
Shriek owl. (Zool.)
(a)
The screech owl.
(b)
The swift; so called from its cry.


verb
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." "She shrieked his name To the dark woods."


Shriek  v. i.  (past & past part. shrieked; pres. part. shrieking)  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." "At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed her grief."





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"Shriek" Quotes from Famous Books



... a soft couch, but nature must be observed in the open air. I have collected materials with indefatigable pertinacity. I have gathered glow-worms in the evening, and snails in the morning; I have seen the daisy close and open, I have heard the owl shriek at midnight, and hunted insects in the ...
— The Works of Samuel Johnson in Nine Volumes - Volume IV: The Adventurer; The Idler • Samuel Johnson
... group of older men, squatting on the ground, are busy making tents, and some women—the same Megaeras who daily shriek round the guillotine—are plying their needles and scissors for the purpose of making ...
— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy
... occurred. Through the open door the monkey bounded in, and taking up its place in the midst of the circle joined in the dance. From its neck dangled a piece of string, burnt at the point; but what made the children shriek with laughter was a small tin can tied to its tail, which clattered about with every turn of the body, and strange to say, had a sort of little tail of its own which appeared to be on fire, for little puffs of smoke were coming from it, and a red colour glowed at the tip. The moment the robbers ...
— The Monkey That Would Not Kill • Henry Drummond
... still,—it was steeped in quietness. The rustling of the dry leaves under the feet of the woman was all she heard, except when the low sighing of the wind, the sharp bark of a fox, or the shriek of an owl, broke the silence for a moment, and all was ...
— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby
... change the labels and misdirect the boxes. John's should go to Mary, and Mary's to John. Nellie should have that doll. Incidentally Nellie's mother and sisters and brother and grandmother should have, too, for once in their starved lives, a Christmas present that did not shriek durability the moment the wrappings ...
— The Tangled Threads • Eleanor H. Porter


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