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shreek

shreek is the obsolete form of shriek.

Meaning of shriek

Noun

shriek (plural shrieks)

  1. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
    • Shrieks, clamours, murmurs, fill the frighted town.1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. (UK, slang) An exclamation mark.

See all 4 meanings of shriek

Forms of shreek

Noun
pluralshreeks
Verb
third-person singular presentshreeks
present participleshreeking
past participleshreeked
pastshreeked

Questions about shreek

What is shreek the obsolete form of?
Shreek is the obsolete form of shriek.

Words near shreek in the dictionary

  1. shredlet
  2. shredlets
  3. shredlike
  4. shreds
  5. Shree
  6. shreek
  7. shreeked
  8. shreeking
  9. shreeks
  10. Shreemati
  11. Shreerampore

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