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Definition of Screechy
1. Adjective. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
Similar to: High, High-pitched
Derivative terms: Screech, Screech, Squeak
Definition of Screechy
1. a. Like a screech; shrill and harsh.
Definition of Screechy
1. Adjective. Describing a sound as resembling a screech, or given to screeching. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Screechy
1. screeching [adj SCREECHIER, SCREECHIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screechy
Literary usage of Screechy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"... usually called her screechy, all the water we could get out of the well, with
one of Tommy's boots ; she drank it out of his hat, and they started away. ..."
2. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"I watched Tommy start, of course at full speed, for when he got a chance of riding
screechy he was in his glory, and as she was behind the mob, ..."
3. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"... afternoon to visit his old acquaintance Andrew Brown, the first clarinet there;
a good man enough, but rather screechy in his music, if you can mind ? ..."
4. The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
"... we had achieved a carpet since Chelsea days, — because I lay for hours face
down on the floor, writing poetry on a screechy slate. ..."
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