Definition of Screaky

1. Adjective. Having a rasping or grating sound. "Creaky stairs"

Exact synonyms: Creaky
Similar to: Noisy
Derivative terms: Creak

2. Adjective. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
Exact synonyms: Screechy, Squeaking, Squeaky, Squealing
Similar to: High, High-pitched
Derivative terms: Screech, Screech, Squeak

Definition of Screaky

1. screechy [adj] - See also: screechy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screaky

scrawnily
scrawniness
scrawninesses
scrawny
scraws
scray
scraye
scrayes
scrays
screak
screaked
screakier
screakily
screaking
screaks
screaky (current term)
scream
scream bloody murder
scream loudest
scream one's head off
scream queen
scream queens
screamed
screamed bloody murder
screamers
screamfest
screamfests
screamier
screamiest

Literary usage of Screaky

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

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... grinding, screaky, squeaky, raspy, rasping. cream, n. 1. head dm risen on milk; Bril.), crème (French)l scum (rare); spec, froth. a. ..."

2. Pictures of Travel by Heinrich Heine, Charles Godfrey Leland, Charles Harvey Genung (1898)
"... for the last ten years, have been joining in that song of " Byronic morbidness," with all manner of whistling and screaky piping, and which had its echo ..."

3. The Salon: Letters on Art, Music, Popular Life and Politics in Paris by Heinrich Heine (1891)
"... joining in that song of " Byronic morbidness," 1 with all manner of whistling and screaky piping, and which had its echo in the skull of poor Gumpel ? ..."

4. The Musical World (1866)
"... Charters. to be a rip and tare effort to gain effect which when produced sounds thin and screaky. AM HENRI VIEUXTEMPS. CHER VIRTUOSE. ..."

5. Pictures of Travel by Heinrich Heine, Charles Godfrey Leland, Charles Harvey Genung (1898)
"... for the last ten years, have been joining in that song of " Byronic morbidness," with all manner of whistling and screaky piping, and which had its echo ..."

6. Heinrich Heine's Pictures of Travel by Heinrich Heine, Charles Godfrey Leland (1863)
"... joining in that song of "By- ronic morbidness," with all manner of whistling and screaky piping, and which had its echo in the skull of poor GUMPEL? ..."

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