Definizione monolingua

shriek

shriek (third-person singular simple present shrieks, present participle shrieking, simple past and past participle shrieked or shright (obsolete))

1. 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.
2. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

shriek (plural shrieks)

1. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5

     Sabor, the lioness, was a wise hunter. To one less wise the wild alarm of her fierce cry as she sprang would have seemed a foolish thing, for could she not more surely have fallen upon her victims had she but quietly leaped without that loud shriek?

Definizione dizionario shriek

gridare

grido

strillare

strillo

urlo

Altri significati:

a sharp, shrill outcry or scream

A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry

to utter sharply and shrilly

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.

To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.