shrieking

English

Etymology

From shriek +‎ -ing.

Noun

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!

Verb

shrieking

1. present participle and gerund of shriek