尖叫

to screech / to shriek

to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

variant of 叫[jiao4]

point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed

pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop