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shriek   (TTS Sound)

The noun shriek has 2 senses

• scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching -- (sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors")


• screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming -- (a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes")

The verb shriek has 1 sense

• shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe -- (utter a shrill cry)