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To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks. "On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl, Shrieking his baleful note." (Spenser) "She shrieked his name To the dark woods." (Moore)
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like. "Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town." (Dryden) Shriek owl.
<zoology> The screech owl. The swift; so called from its cry.
(01 Mar 1998)
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