shriek

1. 1.

   utter a shrill cry

   Synonymsshrillpipe uppipe

   Broadershout

   Narroweryowl

Other forms of shriek

plural

shrieks·

past tense

shrieked·

present participle

shrieking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shriek

What does shriek mean?

shriek means "sharp piercing cry". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shriek?

shriek has 1 syllable: shriek. In IPA it is /ˈʃɹik/.

What is another word for shriek?

Close synonyms include scream, screaming, shrieking, screech, screeching. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shriek a common word?

shriek is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.