Definition of Screeching

1. Noun. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. "He heard the scream of the brakes"

Exact synonyms: Scream, Screaming, Screech, Shriek, Shrieking
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Scream, Scream, Screech, Screechy, Screech, Shriek

2. Noun. Sharp piercing cry. "Her screaming attracted the neighbors"
Exact synonyms: Scream, Screaming, Screech, Shriek, Shrieking
Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Outcry, Shout, Vociferation, Yell
Derivative terms: Scream, Scream, Screech, Screechy, Shriek, Shriek

Definition of Screeching

1. Verb. (present participle of screech) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Screeching

1. screech [v] - See also: screech

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screeching

screams bloody murder
screamy
scree
screech
screech-owl
screech-owls
screech owl
screech owls
screeched
screecher
screechers
screeches
screechier
screechiest
screechin'
screeching
screeching(a)
screeching frog
screechingly
screechy
screed
screeded
screeder
screeders
screeding
screeds
screelike
screen
screen-film contact

Literary usage of Screeching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harbinger: A May-gift by Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent (1833)
"... THE Screeching LADY. MANY years since, a youth and his bride Built them a cot by the water ... Screeching ..."

2. Letters from the South: Written During an Excursion in the Summer of 1816 by James Kirke Paulding (1817)
"... and began to whoop and flap his wings at such a rate, that I awoke with the terrible screeching he made, as he flew up i.he chimney. Adieu. ..."

3. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... ponies— The screeching train—Tripping—The western cayuse—The great buffalo hunt—Warden of the plains—Pemmican and fat—the return in triumph. ..."

4. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... ponies—- The screeching train—Tripping—The western cayuse—The great buffalo hunt—Warden of the plains—Pemmican and fat—the return in triumph. ..."

5. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... ponies— The screeching train—Tripping—The western cayuse—The great buffalo hunt—Warden of the plains—Pemmican and fat—the return in triumph. ..."

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