A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like. / (UK, slang) An exclamation mark.

(intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

simple past tense and past participle of shriek

gerund of shriek: an act of uttering a loud, sharp, or shrill cry or sound; also, a sound that shrieks.

present participle of shriek

plural of shriek

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shriek

plural of shrieking

plural of shriek owl

The screech owl. / The swift; so called from its cry.