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# shriek

«shriek» in Mova's school dictionary: **to give a short, loud, very high cry, because you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (shriek, shrieks, shrieked, shrieking); noun (a shriek, shrieks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To shriek is to give a short, loud, very high cry, because you are scared, excited, hurt or laughing hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#m1)

2) A shriek is one such cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#m2)

3) To shriek something is to say it in a very high, loud voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «shriek» shows strong sudden feeling: fear in a ghost story, delight at a party, pain when someone falls. Phrases: «shriek with laughter», «shriek with delight», «let out a shriek». In the playground, shrieking is common in games of chase.

### examples

- The children shrieked with joy on the roller coaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x1)
- She let out a shriek when the mouse ran past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x2)
- «Get off my foot!» he shrieked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x3)
- We heard shrieks from the haunted house ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x4)
- The baby shrieked with laughter at the puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x5)
- A sudden shriek woke the whole house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x6)
- The girls shrieked as the cold wave hit them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x7)
- The genie gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: shrieked. Spelling: «i before e» — shr-ie-k. Similar words: scream, screech, squeal; «shriek» is shorter and higher than «scream».

### In the corpora

- [«It's got it in for me!» she shrieks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shriek» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shriek/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.