OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 15151

shriek

/ʃɹiːk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chillar
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.
At this she shriek'd aloud; the mournful train / Echoed her grief.
It was the owl that shrieked.