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单词 screeling
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screelingn.

Brit. /ˈskriːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskrilɪŋ/
Forms: see screel v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: screel v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < screel v. + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly later screel n.
Chiefly regional.
The action of screel v. Also: an instance of this; a screeling sound.
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1832 Metropolitan July 260 This is the end of slashing Mick Brophy's divil-may-care days;..ay, and of his good-fellow nights, with..their brave cursing and swearing, and screeling and tattering.
1845 Joe Miller the Younger 11 Oct. 158/1 To..make 'em deaf with our screeling.
1953 G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin vi. 113 Mother..lashed me thoroughly. Bob heard the screeling, and came to our house listening.
1992 D. McLean Bucket of Tongues 116 There was a screeling of tyres.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

screelingadj.

Brit. /ˈskriːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskrilɪŋ/
Forms: see screel v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: screel v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < screel v. + -ing suffix2.
Chiefly regional.
That screels; characterized by screeling.
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1889 M. Peacock Taales fra Linkisheere 103 What wi' yammerin' bairns, an' what wi' screälin' wimmin.
1922 Harper's Mag. Aug. 324/1 Head full of..that screeling, boom-thumped, split-tone heathen tune.
1949 M. Steen Granada Window viii. 89 What is there..that forbids one to avail oneself of the screeling little tramway?
2014 M. S. Shartle Truth & Legend Lily Martindale v. 48 The hawk's screeling cry is heard in the air above.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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