Betekenis van shriek In het Nederlands

• 0 a short, loud, high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of a powerful emotion:

  • shrieks of delight

  • He suddenly let out a piercing shriek.

• 1 to make such a cry:

  • We shrieked with laughter when we realized how stupid we'd been.

  • I tried to apologize, but he just shrieked abuse at me.

  • [ + speech ] "Don't you dare do that ever again!" she shrieked.

• 2 a loud, high cry:

  • the shriek of sea gulls

  • She heard a high-pitched shriek.