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skreak

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Verb1.skreak - make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
creak, screak, screech, squeak, whine
make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise
2.skreak - utter a harsh abrupt scream
skreigh, squawk, screak, screech
cry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
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Yes: Stevens, whom I found so vexing and perplexing, so given sometimes to cake-decoration, affectations in French, yet also capable of shedding any predictable music to write poems like "Dry Loaf" or "The Dwarf," which force you to hear music of their own, or "The skreak and skritter of evening gone.
Passages from 'What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics.' by Rich, Adrienne / The American Poetry Review
 
 
 
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