{
    "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."
}