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shrieking /ˈʃriːkɪŋ /adjectiveMaking a high-pitched piercing cry or sound: shrieking winds a shrieking ambulance shrieking hyenas...- He is frightened by the shrieking noises the tree makes at night.
- Enter the oddly tiny, shrieking creatures with lasers strapped to their heads.
- They can talk quietly, knowing that they won't be drowned out by an army of shrieking teenyboppers.
noun [mass noun]High-pitched piercing cries or sounds: there is shrieking and yelling from both men and women...- When the uproar finally died down, Eric heard the shrieking coming from the vent.
- I stopped the incessant shrieking and put the phone to my ear.
- No loud shrieking filled her ears, and so she continued.
Derivatives shriekingly /ˈʃriːkɪŋli/ adverb ...- He's proven himself too shriekingly partisan to be trusted again.
- Now, if only I could pray away the shriekingly drunk platinum blonde 50-something ladies across the aisle.
- The usual suspects have swarmed back into the spotlight to shriekingly insist that the most subtle linguistic distinctions be accorded paramount importance.
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