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screech |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Screech \Screech\, n. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. {Screech bird}, or {Screech thrush} (Zo["o]l.), the fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain. {Screech rain}. {Screech hawk} (Zo["o]l.), the European goatsucker; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] {Screech owl}. (Zo["o]l.) a A small American owl ({Scops asio}), either gray or reddish in color. b The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: screech n 1: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" [syn: {screeching}, {shriek}, {shreiking}, {scream}, {screaming}] 2: sharp piercing cry [syn: {scream}, {screaming}, {shriek}, {shrieking}, {screeching}] v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door [syn: {squeak}, {creak}, {screak}, {skreak}, {skriech}, {skriegh}, {skreigh}] 2: utter a shrill cry [syn: {shriek}, {shrill}, {pipe up}, {pipe}] 3: utter a harsh abrupt scream [syn: {squawk}, {screak}, {skreak}, {skriech}, {skreigh}, {scriech}]
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