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shrieks

shrieks is the plural of shriek.

shrieks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Questions about shrieks

What is shrieks the plural of?
Shrieks is the plural of shriek.

Words near shrieks in the dictionary

  1. shrieking sixties
  2. shriekingly
  3. shriekings
  4. shriekling
  5. shrieklings
  6. shrieks
  7. shriekt
  8. shrieky
  9. shrieval
  10. shrievalties
  11. shrievalty

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