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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           It was the owl that shrieked.            --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
           Echoed her grief.                        --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shrieking
       adj : loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of
             screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming
             fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching
             brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking winds"
             [syn: {screaming(a)}, {screeching(a)}, {shrieking(a)}]
       n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
            [syn: {scream}, {screaming}, {shriek}, {screech}, {screeching}]
       2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
          the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
          brakes" [syn: {screech}, {screeching}, {shriek}, {scream},
           {screaming}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrieking":
     acute, argute, blinding, creaky, crude, ear-piercing, flaring,
     flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, howling, keen, keening,
     loud, lurid, overbright, penetrating, piercing, piping, raw, reedy,
     screaky, screaming, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieky, shrill,
     squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailing, whining, whistling
  
  

















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