screech | ||
1. | [ verb ] make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door | |
Synonyms: | creak squawk squeak skriech skreak skreigh skriegh screak | |
Related terms: | shout make_noise scream whiner | |
2. | [ verb ] utter a shrill cry | |
Synonyms: | shriek shrill pipe pipe_up | |
Related terms: | shout yowl scream shrilling | |
3. | [ noun ] a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | |
Synonyms: | shriek screeching scream screaming shrieking shreiking | |
Examples: | "he ducked at the screechings of shells" "he heard the scream of the brakes" |
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Related terms: | noise squawk scream | |
4. | [ noun ] sharp piercing cry | |
Synonyms: | scream shriek screaming shrieking screeching | |
Examples: | "her screaming attracted the neighbors" |
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Related terms: | cry shout squeak | |
5. | [ verb ] make a high-pitched, screeching noise | |
Synonyms: | creak squawk squeak skreigh skriech scriech skreak screak | |
Examples: | "The door creaked when I opened it slowly" |
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Related terms: | shout make_noise squeak creak squeaker | |
Similar spelling: |
screechy screecher screeching scorch scriech scorcher scorched scorching scores scarce Schreck Schrage scorsese Scearce scarcely Scorzelli scorecard scarecrow |