screech

Plural: screeches

Noun

• a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
  • "he ducked at the screechings of shells"
• sharp piercing cry
• A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
• A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
• Newfoundland rum.
• A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.

Verb

Verb Forms: screeched, screeching, screeches

• To utter a harsh, shrill, and piercing cry.
• make a high-pitched, screeching noise
• utter a harsh abrupt scream
• To make such a sound.
• To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.

Examples

• The sound of tiles clattering off the board made him SCREECH.

Synonyms

creak, screak, scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking, skreak, skreigh, squawk, squeak, whine

Anagrams of screech