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screechy

[ skree-chee ]

adjective

screechier, screechiest.
  1. like or suggesting screeching. screeching.
  2. producing screeches:

    a screechy door.



ˈ𳦳

/ ˈːʃɪ /

adjective

  1. loud and shrill
“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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Origin of screechy1

First recorded in 1820–30; screech + -y 1
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Example Sentences

It added to the screechy tone and political division perceived in the United States and abroad during those years.

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“Rosa keeps bugging me to go, but it’s just screechy.”

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If you want a children’s show that is not screechy, or if your family is not quite ready to summit Mount “Adventure Time,” watch this.

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I learned they almost never made their strange screechy noise when the sun was out.

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It was a time of screechy dial-up internet and flip phones, when investors were throwing funds at any start-up with “dot com” in its name.

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