Usually means: Loud, high-pitched, piercing scream.
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  1. shrieking: Merriam-Webster
  2. shrieking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shrieking: Vocabulary.com
  4. Shrieking, shrieking: Wordnik
  5. shrieking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. shrieking: Wiktionary
  7. shrieking: Dictionary.com
  8. shrieking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Shrieking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Shrieking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. shrieking: Rhymezone
  12. Shrieking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. shrieking: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. shrieking: FreeDictionary.org
  15. shrieking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. shrieking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shrieking: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from WordNet (shrieking)

noun:  sharp piercing cry
noun:  a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry


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