1. Sharp piercing cry
   - scream, screaming, shriek, screech, screeching 
2. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
   - screech, screeching, shriek, scream, screaming

1. Utter a shrill cry
   - shrill, pipe up, pipe

Derived forms: shriekings

See also: shrieked

Type of: call, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], noise, outcry, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Shriek

• ofay
• off
• off her guard
• off his guard
• off one's guard
• off spin
• off the beaten track
• off the cuff
• off the hook
• off the record
• off year
• off your guard
• off-and-on
• off-axis reflector
• off-base
• off-Broadway
• off-center
• off-centered
• off-centre
• off-centred
• off-color
• off-colour
• off-day
• off-guard
• Robert's Rules of Order