screech (skr ch)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. [Alteration of obsolete scrich, from Middle English scrichen, to screech, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skrækja.] screech  er n.screech i·ness n.screech y adj. |
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