Plural of shriek

regular plural

The plural of shriek is shrieks.

Forms of shriek

Some of them let out rapid, high-pitched shrieks and struggled against their binds.2017 April 11, D. L. Armillei, Shock of Fate: Anchoress Series Book One, Diamond Cove Publishing, LLC, →ISBN. From the entry allocamelus
There was a pause I didn't like, punctuated by shrieks of shrill laughter from the hombres at the bar.2016, Lawrence Winkler, “Bajada”, in Orion’s Cartwheel (Cartwheels Quadrilogy; 1), Victoria, B.C.: First Choice Books, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry hombre
Your idea of a woman is some one who gets on a chair and shrieks if she sees a mouse.1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links. From the entry prehistoric
Mitchell likes to play off O’Malley’s singing, doubling her voice with noodlier versions of her melodies or playing call-and-response with little shrieks and tweets of feedback.1997 August, Douglas Wolk, “CHUG / Metalon / Alias”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 48, page 12. From the entry noodly
They piled up, shoving one another from the causeway, screaming with almost human agony as the black mud and the quicksand caught them, screaming till their shrieks blubbed into silence.1935 November, Arthur Leo Zagat, chapter IV, in Dime Mystery Magazine. From the entry blub

noun A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
noun An exclamation mark.
verb 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.

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