shriekn.

Brit.

/ʃriːk/, U.S.

/ʃrik/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s shreek(e, shreik, (1500s Scottish shraich, 1600s schrick, 1600s shrieck, shrieke, 1700s shreak).

Etymology: < shriek v. Parallel to screak n.; compare shrike n.¹

a. An act of shrieking; a shrill, piercing, or wild cry expressive of terror or pain. Also, an utterance of loud high-pitched laughter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek

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shrikea1500

screak1513

skirl1513

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screamingc1540

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skreighc1550

shright1558

screech1560

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screeching1589

shriek1590

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shirl1598

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screama1616

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squall1709

squeal1747

skelloch1808

skreighing1816

skirling1820

sharming1823

shriekery1865

squee1938

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. E8 The pitteous mayden..Does throw out thrilling shriekes, and shrieking cryes.

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia 144 Whose mournfull cryes and shreekes to heaven ascend.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xviii. 332 They..lift up a panick schrick which pierced the skies.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 30 In Stygian Cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shreiks, and sights unholy.

1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. i, in Odes 16 The shrieks of death, thro' Berkley's roofs that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing King!

1812 Ld. Byron Tambourgi viii, in Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. 99 The shrieks of the conquer'd, the conquerors' yell.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. iv. 58 One shriek of indignation and astonishment.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 513 It will prove a great attraction and provoke shrieks of laughter.

b. Applied to the wild cry of birds, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call > harsh

shrikingc1374

creaking1575

yawping1576

clang1667

shriek1765

yawp1824

cawk1856

squark1860

crunk1868

cronk1878

squarking1897

1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 284 The shrieks of the owl.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 103 The sea-bird's harrowing shriek.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 32 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > shriek, screech, or scream

scritchinga1500

shrikea1500

scream1513

screamingc1540

scrivec1540

shriek1599

screeching1753

skirling1820

screech1821

screel1835

shriekery1865

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. F2^v The shraichs of deadly Clarions.

1847 Lit. Gaz. 28 Aug. 631/1 An apparatus to produce..a scale or gamut of whistle shrieks.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 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.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard iii. i. 98 The shriek of slipping swords.

1882 O. W. Holmes In Twilight 35 A locomotive's shriek.

d. figurative. A hysterical exclamation; an outcry of alarm, surprise, or reproof. colloquial.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun]

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grede13..

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cryc1380

outcrya1382

clepea1400

interjectionc1430

scrightc1440

yoa1475

braya1500

shout?a1513

roupingc1550

acclamation1562

outcry1587

whewing?1590

cry-out1814

redound1825

oh-ing1843

shriekc1853

ejaculation1863

blurt1864

spasmodics1865

yo-yoing1874

ejaculatory1883

yip-yipping1910

yip1911

yipping1951

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour

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ropeOE

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hue and cry1584

exclaiming1585

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sanctus1594

hubbaboo1596

oyez1597

conclamation1627

sputter1673

rout1684

dirduma1693

hallalloo1737

yelloching1773

pillaloo1785

whillaloo1790

vocitation1819

blue murder1828

blaring1837

shilloo1842

shillooing1845

pillalooing1847

shriek1929

yammering1937

c1853 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) 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. colloquial. A note of exclamation (!). Also shriek-mark.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > exclamation mark

admiration1587

note (also mark, point, sign) of admiration1611

exclamation point1656

note of exclamation1656

shriek-mark1864

screamer1895

exclamation mark1896

1864 H. Alford Plea for Queen's Eng. (ed. 2) §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.

1864 H. Alford Plea for Queen's Eng. (ed. 2) §128. 93 Our friend the compositor is sure to write ‘Oh’ with a shriek (!) and to put another shriek after ‘Sir’.

1933 E. Blunden & S. Norman We'll shift our Ground 16 It remained only to add the shriek-marks and to discover a heroine.

1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation i. 9 In her mind's eye she saw the printed score-sheet, ‘N × P!!’, shriek-mark, shriek-mark.

1977 Times 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.

f. = scream n. c. colloquial.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > that which causes or is subject of laughter

laughterOE

laughing game1530

laughing matter1549

laugh1689

scream1888

shriek1930

giggle1936

hoot1942

crack-up1961

laugher1973

1930 ‘E. Bramah’ Little Flutter iii. 37 She is a shriek, isn't she?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shriekv.

Brit.

/ʃriːk/, U.S.

/ʃrik/

Forms: Also 1500s shreak, shreke (past tense shrekt), 1500s–1600s schrick, shrieke, shreek(e, 1600s schreek, shreik, 1700s schriek.

Etymology: Parallel to screak v.; compare shrike v.

1. intransitive. To utter a loud sharp shrill cry.

a. of a human being in pain or terror; also, said of loud high-pitched laughter.

ΚΠ

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 31^v The Prince, the peeres, the people shreke, in Death to see thee sleepe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 24 Ghosts did shrieke and squeale about the streets.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 420 Infernal Ghosts, and Hellish Furies,..some howl'd, some yell'd, some shriek'd .

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iv. i. 51 Gom. And why did you shriek out, Gentlewoman? Elvi. 'Twas for Joy at your Return.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 47 The Pilot shriek'd And fell down in a fit.

1799 H. Macneill Links o' Forth sig. C Rebellion dire, wi' dread alarm, Shriek'd madd'ning by.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxix. 248 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.

1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed x. 206 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.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > shriek

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scritcha1300

screamc1340

shriek1567

screech1577

screak1607

squall1630

sweara1728

stridulate1838

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of badger)

shriek1567

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek

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waul1601

bawl1605

squall1688

skreigh1718

screel1730

skelloch1808

squalino1810

to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828

rescream1858

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 94 A certaine Shrickowle or Owlet which when she crieth, she shricketh.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C4 Night-wandring weezels shreek to see him there.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vi. 44 The owle shrikt at thy birth.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shrieketh, the Noise a Badger makes at Rutting Time.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 104 The Bat shrill-shrieking, woo'd his flickering Mate.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Mariana vi, in Poems 17 The mouse Behind the mouldering wainscot shrieked.

c. of inanimate things.

ΚΠ

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Gg^v Then gan the bagpypes and the hornes to..Shrieke aloud.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlv. 45 Engines..shrieking in their rapid whirl..as though in torment unendurable.

1848 New Monthly Mag. 83 472 The whistle shrieked, and Pemberton was whirled rapidly along the rail.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 82 The winter wind, which shrieks through the bare branches.

1879 Organ Voicing 18 The upper notes of..all mutation stops, have..a tendency to shriek.

d. figurative.

ΚΠ

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. vii. 200 Moralities not a few must shriek condemnatory over this Mirabeau.

1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men iv. 168 Montaigne..never shrieks, or protests, or prays.

2. transitive. To utter (a shriek); to utter (words) with a shriek or shrieks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > scream or shriek

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shriek1593

screech1639

squall1703

scream1710

skreigh1786

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiij The owle (nights herald) shreeks, tis verie late.

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. N 1^v Berckley..let thy walls shreeke out a deadly sound.

1597 M. Drayton Lover's Compl. 18 Often reading what contents it bears; As often shrieking undistinguish'd woe.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 321 Nor earth had hid his carcase from the skies, Nor Grecian virgins shriek'd his obsequies.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 85 The coronach was again..shrieked, as the body was carried into the interior of the church.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 3 Then would Philip..Shriek out ‘I hate you, Enoch.’

1885 W. 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.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > scream or shriek > cause by

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1642 J. Denham Sophy i. 6 In a dreadfull dreame I saw my Lord so neare destruction..Then shriekt my selfe awake.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. i. 298 Much less shalt thou shriek thyself hoarse, cursing it.

1893 National Observer 29 Apr. 593/2 Liberals shrieked themselves hoarse with impious horror.

4. figurative.

a. transitive. To indicate clearly or blatantly.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] > plainly or obviously

shriek1920

shout1931

shriek1944

telegraph1952

1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain xii. 127 The ospreys in her hat seem to shriek money.

1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm xiv. 225 That hat of yours..shrieks English to high Heaven.

b. intransitive. To provide a clear or blatant indication of.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] > plainly or obviously

shriek1920

shout1931

shriek1944

telegraph1952

1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax v. 57 In that gathering her dress, she felt with a hot rush of shame, simply shrieked of Grosvenor Street.

1972 K. Benton Spy in Chancery xi. 106 The furniture was old, well-worn and miscellaneous, fairly shrieking of ‘furnished let’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shriek
释义	shriekn. Brit. /ʃriːk/, U.S. /ʃrik/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s shreek(e, shreik, (1500s Scottish shraich, 1600s schrick, 1600s shrieck, shrieke, 1700s shreak). Etymology: < shriek v. Parallel to screak n.; compare shrike n.¹ a. An act of shrieking; a shrill, piercing, or wild cry expressive of terror or pain. Also, an utterance of loud high-pitched laughter. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek squealingc1325 skriking1340 shrikingc1374 shritchingc1374 skrikea1400 blaringc1440 shritch1470 scritchinga1500 shrikea1500 screak1513 skirl1513 wauling1533 wrawling1533 screamingc1540 scritch1548 skreighc1550 shright1558 screech1560 screaking1565 screeching1589 shriek1590 shrill1591 shirl1598 shrieking1602 screama1616 squalling1677 squall1709 squeal1747 skelloch1808 skreighing1816 skirling1820 sharming1823 shriekery1865 squee1938 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. E8 The pitteous mayden..Does throw out thrilling shriekes, and shrieking cryes. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia 144 Whose mournfull cryes and shreekes to heaven ascend. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xviii. 332 They..lift up a panick schrick which pierced the skies. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 30 In Stygian Cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shreiks, and sights unholy. 1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. i, in Odes 16 The shrieks of death, thro' Berkley's roofs that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing King! 1812 Ld. Byron Tambourgi viii, in Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. 99 The shrieks of the conquer'd, the conquerors' yell. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. iv. 58 One shriek of indignation and astonishment. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 513 It will prove a great attraction and provoke shrieks of laughter. b. Applied to the wild cry of birds, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call > harsh shrikingc1374 creaking1575 yawping1576 clang1667 shriek1765 yawp1824 cawk1856 squark1860 crunk1868 cronk1878 squarking1897 1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 284 The shrieks of the owl. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 103 The sea-bird's harrowing shriek. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 32 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. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > shriek, screech, or scream scritchinga1500 shrikea1500 scream1513 screamingc1540 scrivec1540 shriek1599 screeching1753 skirling1820 screech1821 screel1835 shriekery1865 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. F2^v The shraichs of deadly Clarions. 1847 Lit. Gaz. 28 Aug. 631/1 An apparatus to produce..a scale or gamut of whistle shrieks. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxix. 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. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard iii. i. 98 The shriek of slipping swords. 1882 O. W. Holmes In Twilight 35 A locomotive's shriek. d. figurative. A hysterical exclamation; an outcry of alarm, surprise, or reproof. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] clepingc975 rouna1225 grede13.. voicec1375 cryc1380 outcrya1382 clepea1400 interjectionc1430 scrightc1440 yoa1475 braya1500 shout?a1513 roupingc1550 acclamation1562 outcry1587 whewing?1590 cry-out1814 redound1825 oh-ing1843 shriekc1853 ejaculation1863 blurt1864 spasmodics1865 yo-yoing1874 ejaculatory1883 yip-yipping1910 yip1911 yipping1951 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour reamOE ropeOE brack?c1200 utas1202 hootinga1225 berec1225 noise?c1225 ludea1275 cryc1275 gredingc1275 boastc1300 utasa1325 huec1330 outcrya1382 exclamation1382 ascry1393 spraya1400 clamourc1405 shoutingc1405 scry1419 rumourc1425 motion?a1439 bemec1440 harrowc1440 shout1487 songa1500 brunt1523 ditec1540 uproar1544 clamouring1548 outrage1548 hubbub1555 racket1565 succlamation1566 rear1567 outcrying1569 bellowing1579 brawl1581 hue and cry1584 exclaiming1585 exclaim1587 sanctus1594 hubbaboo1596 oyez1597 conclamation1627 sputter1673 rout1684 dirduma1693 hallalloo1737 yelloching1773 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 vocitation1819 blue murder1828 blaring1837 shilloo1842 shillooing1845 pillalooing1847 shriek1929 yammering1937 c1853 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) 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. colloquial. A note of exclamation (!). Also shriek-mark. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > exclamation mark admiration1587 note (also mark, point, sign) of admiration1611 exclamation point1656 note of exclamation1656 shriek-mark1864 screamer1895 exclamation mark1896 1864 H. Alford Plea for Queen's Eng. (ed. 2) §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. 1864 H. Alford Plea for Queen's Eng. (ed. 2) §128. 93 Our friend the compositor is sure to write ‘Oh’ with a shriek (!) and to put another shriek after ‘Sir’. 1933 E. Blunden & S. Norman We'll shift our Ground 16 It remained only to add the shriek-marks and to discover a heroine. 1969 ‘A. Glyn’ Dragon Variation i. 9 In her mind's eye she saw the printed score-sheet, ‘N × P!!’, shriek-mark, shriek-mark. 1977 Times 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. f. = scream n. c. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > that which causes or is subject of laughter laughterOE laughing game1530 laughing matter1549 laugh1689 scream1888 shriek1930 giggle1936 hoot1942 crack-up1961 laugher1973 1930 ‘E. Bramah’ Little Flutter iii. 37 She is a shriek, isn't she? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shriekv. Brit. /ʃriːk/, U.S. /ʃrik/ Forms: Also 1500s shreak, shreke (past tense shrekt), 1500s–1600s schrick, shrieke, shreek(e, 1600s schreek, shreik, 1700s schriek. Etymology: Parallel to screak v.; compare shrike v. 1. intransitive. To utter a loud sharp shrill cry. a. of a human being in pain or terror; also, said of loud high-pitched laughter. ΚΠ 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 31^v The Prince, the peeres, the people shreke, in Death to see thee sleepe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 24 Ghosts did shrieke and squeale about the streets. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 420 Infernal Ghosts, and Hellish Furies,..some howl'd, some yell'd, some shriek'd . View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iv. i. 51 Gom. And why did you shriek out, Gentlewoman? Elvi. 'Twas for Joy at your Return. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 47 The Pilot shriek'd And fell down in a fit. 1799 H. Macneill Links o' Forth sig. C Rebellion dire, wi' dread alarm, Shriek'd madd'ning by. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxix. 248 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. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed x. 206 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.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > shriek shritcha1250 scritcha1300 screamc1340 shriek1567 screech1577 screak1607 squall1630 sweara1728 stridulate1838 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of badger) shriek1567 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek screama1200 shrikec1200 shreamc1230 shritcha1250 scritcha1300 squeala1300 skrike1340 skirlc1400 wrawlc1440 sharmc1485 screak?a1500 shrighta1542 shriek1567 screech1577 waul1601 bawl1605 squall1688 skreigh1718 screel1730 skelloch1808 squalino1810 to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828 rescream1858 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 94 A certaine Shrickowle or Owlet which when she crieth, she shricketh. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C4 Night-wandring weezels shreek to see him there. View more context for this quotation 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vi. 44 The owle shrikt at thy birth. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shrieketh, the Noise a Badger makes at Rutting Time. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 104 The Bat shrill-shrieking, woo'd his flickering Mate. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Mariana vi, in Poems 17 The mouse Behind the mouldering wainscot shrieked. c. of inanimate things. ΚΠ 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. viii. sig. Gg^v Then gan the bagpypes and the hornes to..Shrieke aloud. View more context for this quotation 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlv. 45 Engines..shrieking in their rapid whirl..as though in torment unendurable. 1848 New Monthly Mag. 83 472 The whistle shrieked, and Pemberton was whirled rapidly along the rail. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 82 The winter wind, which shrieks through the bare branches. 1879 Organ Voicing 18 The upper notes of..all mutation stops, have..a tendency to shriek. d. figurative. ΚΠ 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. vii. 200 Moralities not a few must shriek condemnatory over this Mirabeau. 1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men iv. 168 Montaigne..never shrieks, or protests, or prays. 2. transitive. To utter (a shriek); to utter (words) with a shriek or shrieks. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > scream or shriek screak1569 shriek1593 screech1639 squall1703 scream1710 skreigh1786 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiij The owle (nights herald) shreeks, tis verie late. View more context for this quotation 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. N 1^v Berckley..let thy walls shreeke out a deadly sound. 1597 M. Drayton Lover's Compl. 18 Often reading what contents it bears; As often shrieking undistinguish'd woe. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 321 Nor earth had hid his carcase from the skies, Nor Grecian virgins shriek'd his obsequies. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 85 The coronach was again..shrieked, as the body was carried into the interior of the church. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 3 Then would Philip..Shriek out ‘I hate you, Enoch.’ 1885 W. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > scream or shriek > cause by shriek1642 1642 J. Denham Sophy i. 6 In a dreadfull dreame I saw my Lord so neare destruction..Then shriekt my selfe awake. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. i. 298 Much less shalt thou shriek thyself hoarse, cursing it. 1893 National Observer 29 Apr. 593/2 Liberals shrieked themselves hoarse with impious horror. 4. figurative. a. transitive. To indicate clearly or blatantly. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] > plainly or obviously shriek1920 shout1931 shriek1944 telegraph1952 1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain xii. 127 The ospreys in her hat seem to shriek money. 1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm xiv. 225 That hat of yours..shrieks English to high Heaven. b. intransitive. To provide a clear or blatant indication of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] > plainly or obviously shriek1920 shout1931 shriek1944 telegraph1952 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax v. 57 In that gathering her dress, she felt with a hot rush of shame, simply shrieked of Grosvenor Street. 1972 K. Benton Spy in Chancery xi. 106 The furniture was old, well-worn and miscellaneous, fairly shrieking of ‘furnished let’. 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