Word Meanings - SHRIEKER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who utters a shriek.

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• SHRIEK
  To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish. It was the owl that shrieked. Shak. At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed her grief. Dryden.
• SHRIEKER
  One who utters a shriek.
• GUTTERSNIPE
  A small poster, suitable for a curbstone. A curbstone broker.