The definition of a shriek is a high-pitched scream or cry often made when angry, scared or in pain.
(noun)The high-pitched sound you make when you see a ghost is an example of a shriek.
To shriek is to make a high-pitched sound, often out of fear, anger or pain.
(verb)When you start yelling and screaming, this is an example of a time when you shriek.
See shriek in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
Origin: ME schriken, var. of scriken, prob. < ON *skrīka, to cry, akin to skrīkja, cry of birds: for IE base see scream
transitive verb
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See shriek in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
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Origin: Middle English skriken, shriken
Origin: , of Scandinavian origin
Origin: ; akin to Old Norse skrǽkja
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