I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
scream/shriek in terror
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She jumped to her feet, screaming in terror.
scream/shriek with laughter (= laugh very noisily and with a high voice )
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The children shrieked with laughter as they watched the clown.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
laughter
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She had a wonderful sense of humor and would shriek with laughter when her daddy made funny faces and squeaky noises.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Keep away from me!" she shrieked.
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Anne began to shriek and jerked her arm away.
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Bella turned and shrieked his name.
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The children began shrieking with hysterical laughter.
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The two women shrieked at one another over the noise of the machines.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Just at that moment, Mahmud started to shriek .
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Many times she had to remind herself of her obligation to shriek .
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She thought of the noise of the lodging houses with the chorus girls shrieking at each other and larking in the corridors.
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The industry did not shriek too loudly: the strength of demand over the next few years kept everyone reasonably happy.
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The screeching was upstaged by a shrieking siren; the signal to start.
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The three of us shrieked hysterically as one lobster tried to crawl his way out up the sides.
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Women shrieked and ran at the sight of pistols, and men turned over tables to hide.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
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The whistle of the Catherine Street ferry gave three short shrieks .
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A bird woke up in a tree and gave a shriek .
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She gave a little shriek of surprise, then felt herself tipping over and grabbed at his jacket to save herself.
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Then Tom gave a shriek beside me.
hear
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Walking back down the fields, I heard a piercing shriek .
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I hear moans, shrieks , rumbling, and clatter.
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Joan, it seems, has heard a shriek .
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He heard the shrieks of the teen-age fans.
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It is the method I have used every time I have heard the shrieks and pounding feet indicating discovery.
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Half way home he heard the shrieks again offshore, but this time the fathers had taken it up, too.
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Over all these sounds were heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded and dying....
let
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There was a general gasp and Todger let out a nervous shriek of laughter that sounded horribly like mockery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Almost before he started speaking they all burst into shrieks of laughter.
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I was woken up by a loud shriek from the bathroom.
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The vehicles pulled over when they heard the shriek of the police siren.
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Then he let out a piercing shriek .
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With a shriek of delight, she threw herself into the water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A shriek , like the tearing of metal train wheels along metal rails, died away.
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A bird woke up in a tree and gave a shriek .
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Half way home he heard the shrieks again offshore, but this time the fathers had taken it up, too.
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Seconds later, the night was made hideous by the shrieks of alarm from the man-apes in the cave above.
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The screaming and shriek were noises in his head.