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1. Sharp piercing cry
   - scream, screaming, shriek, screech, screeching
    
2. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
   - screech, screeching, shriek, scream, screaming

1. Utter a shrill cry
   - shrill, pipe up, pipe

Derived forms: shriekings

See also: shrieked

Type of: call, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], noise, outcry, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Shriek