Screech

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A high-pitched, strident cry.
  • n. A sound suggestive of this cry: the screech of train brakes.
  • v. To utter in or as if in a screech.
  • verb-intransitive. To cry out in a high-pitched, strident voice.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a sound suggestive of a screech: Tires screeched on the wet pavement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
  • n. A loud harsh sound resembling a human cry.
  • n. Newfoundland rum.
  • n. A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
  • v. To make such a sound.
  • v. to travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cry out with a sharp, shrill voice; scream harshly or stridently; shriek.
  • Synonyms See scream, n.
  • To utter (a screech).
  • n. A sharp, shrill cry; a harsh scream.
  • n. Any sharp, shrill noise: as, the screech of a railway-whistle.
  • n. In ornithology, the mistlethrush, Turdus viscivorus.
  • n. Synonyms Shriek, etc. See scream.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. utter a harsh abrupt scream
  • v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  • n. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
  • n. sharp piercing cry
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    screeched    screeches    screeching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call    scream    yell    holler    hollo    squall    shout out    cry    shout    resound   
    Form
    screeched    screeching    screecher   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scream    shriek    creaky   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beach    Peach    Teach    beach    beech    beseech    bleach    breach    breech    creach   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    squeal    shriek    howl    whine    groan    clang    thud    growl    squeak    hoot