screech
Use Screech in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound: The child screeched hysterically. The brakes screeched.
verb (used with object)
2.
to utter with a screech: She screeched her warning.
noun
3.
a harsh, shrill cry or sound: an owl's screech; the screech of brakes.
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screech1 (skriːtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a shrill, harsh, or high-pitched sound or cry |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to utter with or produce a screech |
| [C16: variant of earlier scritch, of imitative origin] | |
| 'screecher1 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
screech
mid-13c., schrichen, possibly of imitative origin (cf. shriek). The noun is first recorded 1550s. Screech owl is attested from 1590s (scritch-owl is from 1520s).
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Example sentences
Many athletes grunt, but these too screech or scream.
His body language is introverted, his sound is soft and engulfing and he will never honk or screech without a good reason.
There's a horrible, fingernails-on-chalkboard screech every time the vehicle comes to a stop.
The screech was the kind that curls the teeth and curdles the blood.
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