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What (who) is screech - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Screech (disambiguation)
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.
screech
(screeches, screeching, screeched)
1.
If a vehicle screeches somewhere or if its tyres screech, its tyres make an unpleasant high-pitched noise on the road.
A black Mercedes screeched to a halt beside the helicopter...
The car wheels screeched as they curved and bounced over the rough broken ground.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
2.
When you screech something, you shout it in a loud, unpleasant, high-pitched voice.
'Get me some water, Jeremy!' I screeched...
...a player who screeches at you on the field.
= shriek
VERB: V with quote, V at n
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Screech is also a noun.
The figure gave a screech.
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3.
When a bird, animal, or thing screeches, it makes a loud, unpleasant, high-pitched noise.
A macaw screeched at him from its perch.
VERB: V at n
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Screech is also a noun.
He heard the screech of brakes.
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Wikipedia
Screech
A screech is a high-pitched scream from an animal.
Screech may also mean:
- Samuel "Screech" Powers, character played by Dustin Diamond in the NBC television sitcom Saved by the Bell
- A mascot for numerous sports teams, including:
- Screech (mascot), the Major League Baseball Washington Nationals
- the mascot of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
- Newfoundland Screech, a brand of rum from Newfoundland
- "Screech Squad," the trumpet section of the Marching Chiefs of Florida State University
- Screech (comics), an armored vigilante in Marvel comics
Examples of use of screech
1. The sound system emits a loud screech of feedback.
2. Bush donned a leather glove to handle a screech owl.
3. "Is that a Screech?" asks Frances Doyle, confused.
4. Deafening beatbox explosions rip through the auditorium, rockets screech, missiles roar.
5. There’s a screech of car tyres and dashing Johnny Castle arrives dramatically through a side door.