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screeching

 

  2  definitions  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  screeching 
  adj  :  loud  and  sustained;  shrill  and  piercing;  "hordes  of 
  screaming  fans";  "a  screaming  jet  plane";  "a  screaming 
  fury  of  sound";  "a  screeching  parrot";  "screeching 
  brakes";  "a  horde  of  shrieking  fans";  "shrieking  winds" 
  [syn:  {screaming(a)},  {screeching(a)},  {shrieking(a)}] 
  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:  {screech},  {shriek},  {shreiking},  {scream}, 
  {screaming}] 
  2:  sharp  piercing  cry  [syn:  {scream},  {screaming},  {shriek},  {shrieking}, 
  {screech}]




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