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Shriek \Shriek\, n.
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as
is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
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Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
--Dryden.
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{Shriek owl}. (Zool.)
(a) The screech owl.
(b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.
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Shriek \Shriek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shrieked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shrieking}.] [OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E.
screech. See {Screech}, and cf. {Screak}.]
To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds
and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or
anguish.
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It was the owl that shrieked. --Shak.
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At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
Echoed her grief. --Dryden.
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Shriek \Shriek\, v. t.
To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or
shrieks.
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On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl,
Shrieking his baleful note. --Spenser.
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She shrieked his name
To the dark woods. --Moore.
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