Screech
[skriːtʃ] or [skritʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; 'he ducked at the screechings of shells'; 'he heard the scream of the brakes'.
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Definition
(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.
Typist: Louis
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Shriek, SCREAM.
n. Scream.
Editor: Percival
Definition
v.i. to utter a harsh shrill and sudden cry.—n. a harsh shrill and sudden cry.—ns. Screech′er the swift; Screech′-hawk the night-jar; Screech′-mar′tin the swift; Screech′-owl a kind of screeching owl: the missel-thrush: the barn-owl; Screech′-thrush the missel-thrush.—adj. Screech′y shrill and harsh like a screech: loud-mouthed.
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Examples
- At this moment the fiddles finished off with a screech, and the serpent emitted a last note that nearly lifted the roof. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Here, an excited woman screeched from the crowd: You were one of the best patriots there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Always running about and screeching, always playing and fighting, always skip-skip-skipping on the pavement and chalking it for their games! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a parrot, or summat like it, screeching in the window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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