shrieking

Other forms of shrieking

plural

shriekings·

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 shrieking

What does shrieking mean?

shrieking means "sharp piercing cry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shrieking?

shrieking has 2 syllables: shrie-king. The stress falls on "shrie". In IPA it is /ˈʃɹikɪŋ/.

What is another word for shrieking?

Close synonyms include scream, screaming, shriek, 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 shrieking a common word?

shrieking 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.