shrieking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shrieking	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shrieking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrieking n sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" Synonym(s): scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" Synonym(s): screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming
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.