shriek /shrēk/

1. A shrill cry
2. A wild piercing scream
3. An exclamation mark (slang)

To utter a shriek

To utter shriekingly

—Also shreek (Shakesp, Spenser), shreik (Milton), shriech (Spenser)

shriekˈer noun

shriekˈing noun and adjective

shriekˈingly adverb

shriekˈ-owl, also (Spenser) shriech-, shriche-, etc, (Shakespeare) schreech- noun

A screech owl

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