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screeched |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Screech \Screech\ (skr[=e]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screeched}; p. pr & vb n. {Screeching}.] [Also formerly, scritch, OE skriken, skrichen schriken of Scand. origin; cf Icel. skr[ae]kja to shriek, to screech, skr[imac]kja to titter, Sw skrika to shriek, Dan. skrige; also Gael. sgreach sgreuch W. ysgrechio Skr. kharj to creak. Cf {Shriek}, v., {Scream}, v.] To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. ``The screech owl, screeching loud.'' --Shak.
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