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   Shriek

   /SHrēk/

   

   verb

   • 1. utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement: "the audience shrieked with laughter"
   • ▪ (of something inanimate) make a high-pitched screeching sound: "the wheels shrieked as the car sped away"
   • ▪ be very obvious or strikingly discordant: "the patterned carpets shrieked at Betsy from the shabby store"

   noun

   • 1. a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream: "shrieks of laughter"

   Word Origin late 15th century (as a verb): imitative; compare with dialect screak, Old Norse skrækja, also with screech.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shrieker noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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