Screechy

screech  (skrch)

n.

1. A high-pitched, strident cry.

2. A sound suggestive of this cry: the screech of train brakes.

v. screeched, screech·ing, screech·es

v.tr.

To utter in or as if in a screech.

v.intr.

1. To cry out in a high-pitched, strident voice.

2. To make a sound suggestive of a screech: Tires screeched on the wet pavement.

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[Alteration of obsolete scrich, from Middle English scrichen, to screech, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skrækja.]

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screecher n.

screechi·ness n.

screechy adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

screechy - having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge squeaking, squeaky, squealing, screaky high-pitched, high - used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency