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{
"term": "shriek",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "shriek",
"heSheIt": "shrieks"
},
"pastSimple": "shrieked",
"pastParticiple": "shrieked",
"ingForm": "shrieking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to give a loud high shout, for example when you are excited, frightened or in pain",
"sensetop": "shriek (in something)shriek with somethingshriek at somebody",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She shrieked in fright.",
"contextForm": "shriek (in something)"
},
{
"text": "The audience was shrieking with laughter.",
"contextForm": "shriek with something"
},
{
"text": "He all but shrieked when he saw her."
},
{
"text": "The answer shrieked at her *(= was very obvious)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["aloud", "loudly", "out"],
"verb + shriek": ["hear somebody"],
"preposition": ["at", "in", "with"],
"phrases": ["shriek at the top of your lungs"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to say something in a loud, high voice",
"sensetop": "shriek somethingshriek something at somebodyshriek at somebody+ speech",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He shrieked her name as he fell.",
"contextForm": "shriek something"
},
{
"text": "She was shrieking abuse at them as they carried her off.",
"contextForm": "shriek something at somebody"
},
{
"text": "Stop shrieking at me!",
"contextForm": "shriek at somebody"
},
{
"text": "‘Look out!’ he shrieked.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["aloud", "loudly", "out"],
"verb + shriek": ["hear somebody"],
"preposition": ["at", "in", "with"],
"phrases": ["shriek at the top of your lungs"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃriːk/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shriek__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃriːks/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shrieks__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃriːkt/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shrieked__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃriːkɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shrieking__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃriːk/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shriek__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃriːks/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shrieks__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ʃriːkt/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shrieked__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʃriːkɪŋ/",
"audio": "sh/shriek/shrieking__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (as a verb): imitative; compare with dialect screak, Old Norse skrækja, also with screech."
}