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screech
[ skreech ]
verb (used without object)
- to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound:
The child screeched hysterically. The brakes screeched.
verb (used with object)
- to utter with a screech:
She screeched her warning.
noun
- a harsh, shrill cry or sound:
an owl's screech; the screech of brakes.
screech
1/ ːʃ /
noun
- a shrill, harsh, or high-pitched sound or cry
verb
- to utter with or produce a screech
screech
2/ ːʃ /
noun
- (esp in Newfoundland) a dark rum
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- İ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of screech1
Origin of screech2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The screech of truck brakes was particularly torturous, they said.
On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed an executive order establishing a 90-day, program-by-program review of foreign assistance programs to determine which would continue, bringing funding for foreign assistance to a screeching halt.
"Something made me jump out of bed, I don't know whether it was the screech of brakes or what," she said.
Wood also shared a comment by an unnamed user describing the sketch as "sharp and funny" before taking "a screeching turn into 1970s misogyny".
Over the last nine games, however, the offense has come to a screeching halt — serving as the biggest problem in their current 3-6 rut.
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