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screech (verb)

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  • screech — [ skritʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a loud, high, and unpleasant cry, especially when you are upset: SHRIEK: We tried to calm her, but she just screeched more loudly. 2. ) intransitive to make a loud, high, and unpleasant… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • screech — verb 1 (I, T) to make a very unpleasant, high noise with your voice, especially because you are angry (+ at): She screeched at me to take off my muddy shoes. 2 (I) if a vehicle or its wheels screech, they make a high loud unpleasant noise: The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • screech — ► NOUN ▪ a loud, harsh, piercing cry or sound. ► VERB 1) make a screech. 2) move rapidly with a screech. DERIVATIVES screecher noun screechy adjective (screechier, screechiest) …   English terms dictionary

  • screech´ing|ly — screech «skreech», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. to cry out sharply in a high voice; scream; shriek: »“Help! help!” she screeched. –n. a shrill, harsh scream: »The woman s screeches brought the police. ╂[apparently alteration of Middle English… …   Useful english dictionary

  • screech´er — screech «skreech», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. to cry out sharply in a high voice; scream; shriek: »“Help! help!” she screeched. –n. a shrill, harsh scream: »The woman s screeches brought the police. ╂[apparently alteration of Middle English… …   Useful english dictionary

  • screech — verb Screech is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑brake, ↑owl, ↑seagull, ↑tyre …   Collocations dictionary

  • screech — verb See scream 1 …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • screech — [[t]skri͟ːtʃ[/t]] screeches, screeching, screeched 1) VERB If a vehicle screeches somewhere or if its tyres screech, its tyres make an unpleasant high pitched noise on the road. [V prep/adv] A black Mercedes screeched to a halt beside the… …   English dictionary

  • screech — I. noun Date: 1560 1. a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror 2. a sound resembling a screech II. verb Etymology: alteration of earlier scritch, from Middle English scrichen; akin to Old Norse skrækja to screech Date: 1577… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • screech — UK [skriːtʃ] / US [skrɪtʃ] verb Word forms screech : present tense I/you/we/they screech he/she/it screeches present participle screeching past tense screeched past participle screeched 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make a loud, high, and… …   English dictionary

  • screech — noun a loud, harsh, piercing cry or sound. verb 1》 make a screech. 2》 move rapidly with a screech. Derivatives screecher noun screechy adjective Origin C16 (as v.): alt. of archaic scritch, of imitative origin …   English new terms dictionary

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