Definitions
utter a shrill cry
Word origin
From obsolete shrick (1567), shreke, variants of earlier screak, skricke (before 1500), from Middle English scrycke, from a North Germanic/Scandinavian language (compare Swedish skrika, Danish skrige, Icelandic skríkja), from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną, *skrik- (compare English screech). More at screech.
Used in a sentence
“Shrieks, clamours, murmurs, fill the frighted town.”
“Feebly ſhe ſhriekt, but ſo feebly indeed / That Britomart heard not the ſhrilling ſound.”
“It was the owl that shrieked.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“High-pitched scream”6 letters
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