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[ skreech ] / skritʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR screech ON THESAURUS.COM
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. nouna harsh, shrill cry or sound: an owl's screech; the screech of brakes. Origin of screechFirst recorded in 1550–60; variant of obsolete scritch “to scream”; akin to screak synonym study for screech1. See scream. OTHER WORDS FROM screechscreecher, nounWords nearby screechscreaming, screaming-meemies, screamo, scream therapy, scree, screech, screeching, screech owl, screechy, screed, screen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for screech“I guess some part of me will always be Screech,” young Diamond says at the end of the film. How Bad Was 'The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story'?|Kevin Fallon|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST But if you say Screech or the guy from Clueless, who are people going to know? 'Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Doesn't Want to Be a Jerk Anymore|Kevin Fallon|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yeah, and especially me, because the Screech character was so hard to shake. 'Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Doesn't Want to Be a Jerk Anymore|Kevin Fallon|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Well, he came across like Screech from Saved By the Bell, only without the necessary follicles to sustain a Jewfro. Iowa GOP Senate Debate Shows Divides|Ben Jacobs|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was the screech of tires outside their home, masked and armed men piling out of vans and cars, shouts of “What do you want?” Did the U.S. Make a Mistake In Seizing Anas al-Liby?|Jamie Dettmer|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST The very suggestion of locking up books to prevent their being carried away hurts like the screech of a pencil upon a slate. The Patient Observer|Simeon Strunsky "Maybe it will teach you not to screech at people," Grumpy told him. The Tale of Grumpy Weasel|Arthur Scott Bailey I've been back a week now, and even the screech of the L trains sounds good. Shorty McCabe|Sewell Ford All of a sudden there come up a gust, and he gave a screech and stood right up and called for help, 'way out there to sea. The Country of the Pointed Firs|Sarah Orne Jewett Its tremulous, quavering cry is not a screech at all, and has an attraction of its own. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt|John Burroughs
British Dictionary definitions for screech (1 of 2)
nouna shrill, harsh, or high-pitched sound or cry verbto utter with or produce a screech Derived forms of screechscreecher, nounWord Origin for screechC16: variant of earlier scritch, of imitative origin British Dictionary definitions for screech (2 of 2)
noun Canadian(esp in Newfoundland) a dark rum Word Origin for screechperhaps special use of screech 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to screechshout, shriek, yell, howl, squeal, outcry, shrill |