bansheeban‧shee /ˈbænʃiː/ noun [countable] 
She was screaming like a banshee.
WORD ORIGINbanshee
Origin:
1600-1700 Scottish Gaelic bean-sith, probably from Old Irish ben side ‘woman of fairyland’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- He turned back just in time to see something large and black roaring at him like a banshee.
- One little girl dropped her ice-cream in the excitement of it all and began to howl like a banshee.
- Onstage, we rock out like wild banshees from hell.
- Screeching like a banshee, she was.
- The train was still inside the tunnel, the wind howling like a mad banshee through the open windows.
- When she makes love she screams like a banshee, and things are inclined to get knocked over.
- With their banshee wails, squalling guitars and naked aggression, they are baring their souls and they are angry.
- You were drunk and howling it out like a banshee.
WORD SETS
banshee, nouncoven, noundemon, noundemonic, adjectivedevil, nounESP, nounevil, adjectiveexorcism, nounexorcist, nounexorcize, verbextra-sensory perception, nounfiend, nounfortune-teller, nounmedium, nounmind reader, nounnecromancy, nounpalmist, nounpalmistry, nounpalm reader, nounparanormal, adjectiveparapsychology, nounpossessed, adjectiveprophecy, nounprophesy, verbpsychic, adjectivepsychic, nounpsychokinesis, nounseance, nounsoothsayer, nounspirit, nounSvengali, nountarot, nountelepathic, adjectivetelepathy, nounwitch, nounwizard, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She was screaming like a banshee.
a female spirit whose loud cry is believed to be heard when someone is going to die: She was screaming like a banshee. She was screaming like a banshee.