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- noun Plural form of
shriekfest .
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Examples
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•Volume counseling for today's juniors, along with warnings from chair umpire for hindrance, to avoid shriekfests at the highest levels in the future.
NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY 2012
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Among his other wishes: consistent enforcement of the pace-of-play rule, lowering the volume on shriekfests, a healthy return for Venus Williams, and faster courts to restore variety and keep net play from becoming extinct.
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2012
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Little things us boring normals would shrug off -- like a missed bus or parking ticket -- become monumental shriekfests.
CNN.com 2009
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