Sekirov Dictionary

screech

/skɹiːt͡ʃ/

verb 2
noun 4
forms 5
phrases 1

verb2

•
to give a sharp, high cry or noise that hurts the ears, like a scared bird or wheels on a sudden stop
- That the night owl should screech before the noonday sun, that the bat should wheel around the bad of beauty […] — 1826
(figurative) To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.

noun4

A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
(Newfoundland) Newfoundland rum.
A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.

forms

scraught · screeched · screeching · screeches · screecheth

Phrases with screech

screech out
To drive so suddenly and so quickly as to make the tires screech.

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