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screech

[ skreech ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound:

    The child screeched hysterically. The brakes screeched.



verb (used with object)

  1. to utter with a screech:

    She screeched her warning.

noun

  1. a harsh, shrill cry or sound:

    an owl's screech; the screech of brakes.

screech

1

/ ²õ°ì°ù¾±Ë³Ùʃ /

noun

  1. a shrill, harsh, or high-pitched sound or cry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to utter with or produce a screech
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

screech

2

/ ²õ°ì°ù¾±Ë³Ùʃ /

noun

  1. (esp in Newfoundland) a dark rum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¦°ù±ð±ð³¦³ó±ð°ù, noun
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  • ²õ³¦°ù±ð±ð³¦³óİù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of screech1

First recorded in 1550–60; variant of obsolete scritch “to screamâ€; akin to screak
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of screech1

C16: variant of earlier scritch , of imitative origin

Origin of screech2

perhaps special use of screech 1
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Synonym Study

See scream.
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Example Sentences

Three people were injured early Monday morning in Akron, Ohio, in a shooting that brought a party hosted by rapper Boosie Badazz to a screeching halt.

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Customers and CarMax employees leaped out of the way as tires screeched in the showroom, the vehicle knocking over office furniture and careening toward the other end of the building.

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"Musk's sham mission is bringing vital programs to a screeching halt. Purging the government of scientists, experts, and career civil servants and slashing fundamental programs will cost lives."

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“Musk’s sham mission is bringing vital programs to a screeching halt,†U.S.

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When I try to remember that night, certain sounds and images remain indelible: One of the attackers leaping up onto a pillar, ripping off his balaclava and screeching, “Soo woo!!!â€

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