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# shrieking

«shrieking» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making a loud, high, sharp cry, from fear, pain…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (shrieking); verb, present participle of «shriek» (shriek, shrieks, shrieked, shrieking); noun (shrieking — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making a loud, high, sharp cry, from fear, pain, excitement or laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#m1)

2) (noun) The sound of loud high cries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children shriek on roller coasters, in water fights or when they see a spider. In stories, a shrieking sound signals fear or wild fun. Phrases: shrieking with laughter, shrieking in terror, shrieking wind.

### examples

- The children were shrieking with laughter on the slide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#x1)
- We heard shrieking from the haunted house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#x2)
- The shrieking wind rattled the windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#x3)
- She ran away shrieking when she saw the mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#x4)
- The monkeys were shrieking in the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#x5)
- Stop shrieking — the baby's asleep! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#x6)
- He could scarce keep from shrieking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrieking/#x7)

### note

Spelling rule: i before e — shriek. Similar: screech, scream, squeal. "Shriek" is often of surprise or delight; "screech" is harsher.

### Trees and pragmatics

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