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[ noun ] sharp piercing cry

Examples

"her screaming attracted the neighbors"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

This time there was no sound of brakes but the shrieking of women .

Related terms

cry shout squeak

2
[ noun ] a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

Examples

"he ducked at the screechings of shells" "he heard the scream of the brakes"

Related terms

noise squawk scream

3
[ adjective ] loud and sustained; shrill and piercing

Examples

"hordes of screaming fans" "a screaming jet plane" "a screaming fury of sound" "a screeching parrot" "screeching brakes" "a horde of shrieking fans" "shrieking winds"

Related terms

noisy

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