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shriek English

Meaning shriek meaning

What does shriek mean?
Definitions in simple English

shriek Noun

— A shriek is a very loud, fairly short cry. She let out a shriek when the car splashed water over her legs.

shriek

— verb (= shrill) utter a shrill cry — noun (= scream, screaming) sharp piercing cry her screaming attracted the neighbors — noun (= scream, screaming) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry he ducked at the screechings of shells he heard the scream of the brakes

Synonyms shriek synonyms

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shriek English » English

scream screech cry squeal yell howl shout cry out roar yelp shrill pipe squall shrieking screeching screaming bawl yowl squeak squawk screak bellow wail thunder pipe up outcry yelling wawl utter a scream/shriek trumpet strident snarl skreigh skirl shrill voice shout of laughter raise one’s voice piercing cry mew make noise loud sound loud cries holler guffaw grinding exclamation exclaim cry of any animal cry loudly caterwaul

Topics shriek topics

What do people use shriek to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh

Conjugation shriek conjugation

How do you conjugate shriek?

shriek · verb

Examples shriek examples

How do I use shriek in a sentence?

Simple sentences

When I lifted a potted plant in my garden, there were swarms of little insects crawling underneath, and I instinctively let out a shriek.

Movie subtitles

She said it very loud, like a shriek, and then they shot and she fell, and I wanted to got to her, but we were all tied by the wrists in a long line of girls and women.
Alright, don't shriek.
It was the owl that shriek'd.
The time has been, my senses would have cool'd to hear a night-shriek.
I quit! Lose barely 100 pennies and you shriek like you've lost a fortune.
I said gasp, not shriek.
We'll make you shriek it.
If you want anything, just shriek.
When we hear the shriek of Mr Lentov's phone melting, we will know that he is gone and with him, New York.
If there's anything else you want, just shriek.
The time has been, my senses would have cooled to hear a night-shriek.
What's it, The Shriek?
Let's get on with it! Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why. so every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness. will be yours to cherish.
WE NEVER EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY HIDE AND GO SHRIEK TOGETHER.
Shall I pull it off with one short shriek?
The time has been, my senses would have cool'd to hear a night-shriek. And my fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were in't.
I had so many girls around, shriek, trouble eh, was fine.
With a shriek I bounded to the table, and grasped the box that lay upon it.
That dog, that shriek of a man in agony?
Or I shall shriek, I'll burst into tears.
I don't shriek. I talk loud.
Didn't you hear that shriek?
The primal shriek is the cornerstone to the Freidlich approach. of creating a tensionless state of being.
I teach primal shriek.
Peace! It was the owl that shriek'd.
All the more reason not to shriek like that.
Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why. so every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness. will be yours to cherish.
The officiating priest invoked Jesus Christ- -and suddenly the anxious bleating above my head gave way to a shriek.
First, you gotta shriek like a woman.
I just heard that tree shriek.
Fortunately, my shriek coincided with the onstage murder of Gondalfo.
What are you, shriek or something?
Last time I saw her, she was racing toward her Mercedes, emitting a high-pitched shriek that caused the wedding doves to attack one another.
That shirt alone is a shriek for help.
That's why they shriek when you pull them up. Did you not know that?

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