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Noun shriek has 2 senses
  1. scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching - sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
    --1 is a kind of cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
    Derived form: verb shriek1
  2. screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming - a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"
    --2 is a kind of noise
    Derived form: verb shriek1
,Verb shriek has 1 sense
  1. shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe - utter a shrill cry
    --1 is one way to shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
    Derived forms: noun shriek2, noun shriek1, noun shrieking1
    Sample sentences:
    The birds shriek in the woods
    The woods shriek with many kinds of birds
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