1. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise
   - whine, squeak, creak, screak, skreak [non-standard] 
2. Utter a harsh abrupt scream
   - squawk, screak, skreak [non-standard], skreigh

1. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
   - screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming 
2. Sharp piercing cry
   - scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screeching

Derived forms: screeching, screeched, screeches

See also: screecher, screechy

Type of: call, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], make noise, noise, outcry, resound, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Screech

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