screeching
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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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World English Dictionary
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 | |
| screech2 (skriːtʃ) | |
| —n | |
| (esp in Newfoundland) a dark rum | |
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
screeching (drunk) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The release of the liquid and gas made a screeching sound loud enough to be heard at various locations throughout the refinery.
Screeching through an open-air market, the taxi finally shook our pursuers.
They are vocal animals-though seldom seen, they are often heard screeching and barking in the tropical forest canopy.
Immediately thereafter, the screeching tires of a vehicle were heard leaving the same area.
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