shriek : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shriek	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for shriek
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shriek 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 v utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe]
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[94]l.) (a) The screech owl. (b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 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 (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
shriek {exclamation mark}