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screech Definition

screech (skrēc̸h)

intransitive verb

to utter or make a shrill, high-pitched, harsh shriek or sound

Etymology: ME scrichen < ON skraekja: for IE base see scream

transitive verb

to utter with a screech

noun

a shrill, high-pitched, harsh shriek or sound

screech Related Forms

screecher noun screechy adjective screechi·er, screechi·est

screech Synonyms

screech

n.

shriek, yell, outcry; see cry 1.

screech Synonyms

screech

v.

screech Usage Examples

Object

  • tire: The sound is pretty realistic, with the engine, screeching tires and firing boost.
  • vocal: Live, a whirlwind of aggressive guitar, screeched vocals and demented saxophone; a punk Van de Graaf Generator.

Converse of object

hear: Behind him, he heard a car screech to a stop.

Adjective modifier

  • loud: Sudden acceleration of a car, forward or backward causes a loud screech of the tires, even on dirt or wet roads.
  • high: And soon the hall is filled with a high pitched screech.
  • high-pitched: IN THIS WEEK'S LONDON BY LONDON... What's that high-pitched screech at Liverpool Street?
  • shrill: Ansem's scream wasn't human, it was too high, and to Sora it was more like a shrill screech.
  • pitched: And soon the hall is filled with a high pitched screech.

Modifies a noun

  • owl: The barn owl is a familiar bird, famed for it rasping screech which accounts for its other name the ' screech owl ' .
  • rocket: Atomic Pack Blue Moon's £ 3 pack of five screech rockets with a twist.

Modifying Another Word

  • loudly: Chris went to her, so she screeched even more loudly, and woke SB - aargh!
  • then: Then screeching from the giant speakers, comes a deafening guitar chord.
  • away: I was calling to you, Daddy, as we screeched away into the dusty August air.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: Owls soar through the night sky, screeching out their presence.
  • up: Silly pranks like that, or a Crusty screeching up in a battered white van with UN written on the side.
  • off: As she watched them screech off, she caught the curious look Ricky shot her.

Preposition: of

  • tire: Almost immediately, I heard the screech of tires on the side road.
  • brake: Jermaine had the idea of bringing this to a halt with the screeching of brakes on his guitar.
  • tire: The in-game sounds are reasonable tho, being a variety of bike noises, revving, screeching of tires and so on.
  • metal: As the car impacted there was a deafening screech of metal on metal and the car flipped up onto it's side.