screech

[Screech]

To screech is to make a piercing, high pitched sound. It can also be the sound itself. Want to hear a screech? Take a little kid’s lollipop away.

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To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.

Noun
sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"

Noun
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"

Verb
utter a harsh abrupt scream

Verb
make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"


v.
To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.

n.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.


Screech

Screech , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Screeched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Screeching.] [Also formerly, scritch, OE. skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skr&ae;kja to shriek, to screech, skr&imac;ja to titter, Sw. skrika to shriek, Dan. skrige; also Gael. sgreach, sgreuch, W. ysgrechio, Skr. kharj to creak. Cf. Shriek, v., Scream, v.] To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. "The screech owl, screeching loud." Shak.

Screech

Screech, n. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. Screech bird, ∨ Screech thrush (Zo'94l.), the fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain. -- Screech rain. -- Screech hawk (Zo'94l.), the European goatsucker; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Screech owl. (Zo'94l.) (a) A small American owl (Scops asio), either gray or reddish in color. (b) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species.

To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.

A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.

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