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screech

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) screech (noun)
  2. 2) screech (verb)
  3. screech martin (noun)
  4. screech owl (noun)
  5. screechbird (noun)

1screech

noun \ˈskrēch\

Definition of SCREECH

1
: a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
2
: a sound resembling a screech
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Examples of SCREECH

  1. With a loud screech, she smashed the plate against the wall.

First Known Use of SCREECH

1560

Rhymes with SCREECH

beach, beech, bleach, breach, breech, each, leach, leech, peach, pleach, preach, reach, speech, teach

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