Screech Definition
skrēch
screeched, screeches, screeching
noun
screeches
A shrill, high-pitched, harsh shriek or sound.
Webster's New World
A sound suggestive of this cry.
The screech of train brakes.
American Heritage
(Newfoundlander, uncountable) Newfoundland rum.
Wiktionary
A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
Wiktionary
verb
screeched, screeches, screeching
To utter with a screech.
Webster's New World
To cry out in a high-pitched, strident voice.
American Heritage
To utter or make a shrill, high-pitched, harsh shriek or sound.
Webster's New World
(intransitive, figuratively) To travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released.
Wiktionary
Origin of Screech
Alteration of obsolete scrich from Middle English scrichen to screech perhaps of Scandinavian origin Old Norse skrækja
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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