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Shrieking

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That emits shrieks or high-pitched noises.

    "Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke."

  2. 2
    sharp, loud, and shrill. usually
Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of shriek: an act of uttering a loud, sharp, or shrill cry or sound; also, a sound that shrieks. form-of, gerund

    "Soon, 'midst the shriekings of the tossing wind, / The 'dark blue depths' he sang of, shall have bore / Our all of Byron to his native shore!"

  2. 2
    sharp piercing cry wordnet
  3. 3
    a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shriek form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From shriek + -ing.

Etymology 2

From shriek + -ing.

Etymology 3

From shriek + -ing.

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