shrieking


shrieking (http://definr.com/shrieking)

     adj : loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of
           screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming
           fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching
           brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking winds"
           [syn: screaming(a), screeching(a), shrieking(a)]
     n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
          [syn: scream, screaming, shriek, screech, screeching]
     2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
        the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
        brakes" [syn: screech, screeching, shriek, scream,
         screaming]