shrieking

From shriek +‎ -ing.

shrieking

1. present participle and gerund of shriek

shrieking (plural shriekings)

1. gerund of shriek: an act of uttering a loud, sharp, or shrill cry or sound; also, a sound that shrieks.
   • 1826, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Stanzas on the Death of Lord Byron”, in Charlotte Porter, Helen A[rchibald] Clarke, editors, The Complete Works of Mrs. E. B. Browning, Arno edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.: George D. Sproul, published 1901, →OCLC, page 105:

     Soon, 'midst the shriekings of the tossing wind, / The 'dark blue depths' he sang of, shall have bore / Our all of Byron to his native shore!

shrieking (comparative more shrieking, superlative most shrieking)

1. That emits shrieks or high-pitched noises.
   • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40:

     Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke.

2. (Of a sound, voice, etc.) sharp, loud, and shrill.