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▪ I. shriek, n.|ʃriːk|
Also 6–7 shreek(e, shreik, (6 Sc. shraich, 7 schrick, 7 shrieck, shrieke, 8 shreak).
[f. shriek v. Parallel to screak n.; cf. shrike n.]
a. An act of shrieking; a shrill, piercing, or wild cry expressive of terror or pain. Also, an utterance of loud high-pitched laughter.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 6 The pitteous maiden..Does throw out thrilling shriekes, and shrieking cryes. 1594Kyd Cornelia 144 Whose mournfull cryes and shreekes to heaven ascend. 1632Milton L'Allegro 4 In Stygian Cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shreiks, and sights unholy. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iv. xviii. 332 They..lift up a panick schrick which pierced the skies. 1757Gray Bard 55 The shrieks of death, thro' Berkley's roofs that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing King! 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. lxxii, The shrieks of the conquer'd, the conqueror's yell. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. ii. iv, One shriek of indignation and astonishment. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 513 It will prove a great attraction and provoke shrieks of laughter.
b. Applied to the wild cry of birds, etc.
1765J. Brown Chr. Jrnl. (1792) 301 The shrieks of the owl. 1813Shelley Q. Mab viii. 97 The sea-bird's harrowing shriek. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 579 The myriad shriek of wheeling ocean-fowl.
c. The loud high-pitched piercing sound produced by an instrument of music, the whistle of a locomotive, etc.
1599A. Hume Hymns & Sacred Songs 59 The shraichs of deadly clarions. 1847Literary Gaz. 28 Aug. 631/1 An apparatus to produce..a scale or gamut of whistle shrieks. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. xxix. (1856) 244 The low whine which the ice gives out when we cut it at right angles with a sharp knife, rising sometimes into a shriek. 1865Swinburne Chastelard iii. i. 98 The shriek of slipping swords. 1882O. W. Holmes In Twilight 35 A locomotive's shriek.
d. fig. A hysterical exclamation; an outcry of alarm, surprise, or reproof. colloq.
c1853Kingsley Misc. I. 47 One of the stock-charges..at which all biographers..break into virtuous shrieks of ‘flattery’, ‘meanness’,..and so forth. 1929‘Seamark’ Down River i. 22 ‘Yet this man is getting through?’ ‘Yes—and with bags of it, too, judging from the shriek we got from the Yard.’
e. colloq. A note of exclamation (!). Also shriek-mark.
1864H. Alford Queen's Eng. §128. 93 A note of admiration consists..of a point with an upright line suspended over it... These shrieks, as they have been called, are scattered up and down the page by the compositors without mercy. 1864Ibid., Our friend the compositor is sure to write ‘Oh’ with a shriek (!) and to put another shriek after ‘Sir’. 1933Blunden & Norman We'll shift our Ground 16 It remained only to add the shriek-marks and to discover a heroine. 1969A. Glyn Dragon Variation i. 9 In her mind's eye she saw the printed score-sheet, ‘N × P!!’, shriek-mark, shriek-mark. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Apr. 521/1 He reviewed Principia Mathematica... He was the only man at the college who could read its curlicues, shrieks, and hooks.
▪ II. shriek, v.|ʃriːk|
Also 6 shreak, shreke (pa. tense shrekt), 6–7 schrick, shrieke, shreek(e, 7 schreek, shreik, 8 schriek.
[Parallel to screak v.; cf. shrike v.]
1. intr. To utter a loud sharp shrill cry.
a. of a human being in pain or terror; also, said of loud high-pitched laughter.
1577T. Kendall Flowers of Epigr., Trifles 31 b, The Prince, the peeres, the people shreke, in Death to see thee sleepe. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. ii. ii. 24 Ghosts did shrieke and squeale about the streets. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 423 Infernal Ghosts, and Hellish Furies,..some howl'd, some yell'd, some shriek'd. 1681Dryden Span. Friar iv. i, Gom. Why did you shriek out, Gentlewoman? Elvi. 'Twas for Joy at your Return. 1798Coleridge Anc. Mar. vii. xi, The Pilot shrieked And fell down in a fit. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxix, Mrs. Major O'D., taking the compliment to herself, returned the salute with a gracious smile, which sent that unfortunate Dobbin shrieking out of the box again. 1891Kipling Light that Failed x, She used to shriek with rage when Dick stared at her between half-closed eyes.
b. of the characteristic cry of certain animals, spec. of the badger in rutting-time (cf. shrike v.).
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 94 A certaine Shrickowle or Owlet which when she crieth, she shricketh. 1593Shakes. Lucr. 307 Night wandring weezels shreek to see him there. 1593― 3 Hen. VI, v. vi. 44 The Owle shriek'd at thy birth. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Shrieketh, the Noise a Badger makes at Rutting Time. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 242 The bat shrill shrieking woo'd his flickering mate. 1830Tennyson Mariana 64 The mouse Behind the mouldering wainscot shriek'd.
c. of inanimate things.
1596Spenser F.Q. vi. viii. 46 Then gan the bagpypes and the hornes to..shrieke aloud. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xlv, [Engines] shrieking in their rapid whirl..as though in torment unendurable. 1848New Monthly Mag. LXXXIII. 472 The whistle shrieked, and Pemberton was whirled rapidly along the rail. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. v. vi. 82 The winter wind, which shrieks through the bare branches. 1879Organ Voicing 18 The upper notes of..all mutation stops, have..a tendency to shriek.
d. fig.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iii. vii, Moralities not a few must shriek condemnatory over this Mirabeau. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Montaigne Wks. (Bohn) I. 344 Montaigne..never shrieks, or protests, or prays.
2. trans. To utter (a shriek); to utter (words) with a shriek or shrieks.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 531 The owle (nights herald) shreeks, tis verie late. 1597― Lover's Compl. 18 Often reading what contents it bears; As often shrieking undistinguish'd woe. 1603Drayton Bar. Wars v. xli, Berckley,..Let thy faire buildings shreeke a deadly sound. 1725Pope Odyss. iii. 321 Nor earth had hid his carcase from the skies, Nor Grecian virgins shriek'd his obsequies. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxvii, The coronach was again..shrieked, as the body was carried into the interior of the church. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 33 Then would Philip..Shriek out ‘I hate you, Enoch’. 1885W. S. Gilbert Mikado ii. Trio, O never shall I Forget the cry Or the shriek that shriekéd he.
3. To bring (oneself) into a certain condition by shrieking.
1642Denham Sophy i. ii, In a dreadful dream I saw my Lord so near destruction,..Then shriekt my self awake. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. vi. i, Much less shalt shriek thyself hoarse, cursing it. 1893Nat. Observer 29 Apr. 593/2 Liberals shrieked themselves hoarse with impious horror.
4. fig.
a. trans. To indicate clearly or blatantly.
b. intr. To provide a clear or blatant indication of.
1920‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain xii. 127 The ospreys in her hat seem to shriek money. 1938E. Ambler Cause for Alarm xiv. 225 That hat of yours..shrieks English to high Heaven. 1944M. Laski Love on Supertax v. 57 In that gathering her dress, she felt with a hot rush of shame, simply shrieked of Grosvenor Street. 1972K. Benton Spy in Chancery xi. 106 The furniture was old, well-worn and miscellaneous, fairly shrieking of ‘furnished let’. |