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shriek


  6  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shriek 
  n  1:  sharp  piercing  cry  [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},  {shreiking},  {scream}, 
  {screaming}] 
  v  :  utter  a  shrill  cry  [syn:  {shrill},  {screech},  {pipe  up},  {pipe}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  shriek  n.  See  {excl}.  Occasional  CMU  usage,  also  in  common 
  use  among  APL  fans  and  mathematicians,  especially  category  theorists. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  shriek 
 
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