Found 3 items, similar to SHRIEK.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shriek
berdenyitan, memekik, pekik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shriek
shriek
n 1: sharp piercing cry;
“her screaming attracted the neighbors”
[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,
shrieking,
scream,
screaming]
v : utter a shrill cry [syn:
shrill,
pipe up,
pipe]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shriek
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.
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Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
--Dryden.
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Shriek owl. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The screech owl.
(b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.
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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.
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It was the owl that shrieked. --Shak.
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At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
Echoed her grief. --Dryden.
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Shriek
\Shriek\, v. t.
To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or
shrieks.
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On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl,
Shrieking his baleful note. --Spenser.
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She shrieked his name
To the dark woods. --Moore.
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