screecher

screech

S0167200 (skrēch)n.1. A high-pitched, strident cry.2. A sound suggestive of this cry: the screech of train brakes.v. screeched, screech·ing, screech·es v.tr. To utter in a screech or high-pitched voice.v.intr.1. To cry out in a high-pitched, strident voice.2. To make a sound suggestive of a screech: Tires screeched on the wet pavement.

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[Alteration of obsolete scrich, from Middle English scrichen, to screech, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skrækja.]

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screech′er n.screech′i·ness n.screech′y adj.

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Noun

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screecher - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voicebawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, shouter, yellercommunicator - a person who communicates with otherscrier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells