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 in a Sentence
With a loud screech, she smashed the plate against the wall.
1560
First Known Use of screech
1560
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Definition of screech
intransitive verb
1 : to utter a high shrill piercing cry : make an outcry usually in terror or pain
2 : to make a shrill high-pitched sound resembling a screech; also : to move with such a sound the car screeched to a stop
transitive verb
: to utter with or as if with a screech
screecher
nounExamples of screech in a Sentence
I screeched when I saw the mouse.
He kept screeching at the children to pay attention.
“You can't do this to me!” she screeched.
Origin and Etymology of screech
alteration of earlier scritch, from Middle English scrichen; akin to Old Norse skrækja to screech
First Known Use: 1577
SCREECH Defined for English Language Learners
screech
playDefinition of screech for English Language Learners
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: a loud and very high cry that usually expresses extreme pain, anger, or fear
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: a loud and very high sound
screech
Definition of screech for English Language Learners
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: to cry out or shout in a loud and very high voice because of extreme pain, anger, fear, etc.
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: to make a loud and very high sound
SCREECH Defined for Kids
Definition of screech for Students
screeched
;screeching
1 : to make a high-pitched harsh sound
2 : to utter with a high-pitched harsh sound
3 : to cry out in a loud, high-pitched way (as in terror or pain)
Definition of screech for Students
1 : a high-pitched harsh cry the screech of an owl
2 : a high-pitched harsh sound the screech of brakes
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