Synonyms for screech


Grammar : Verb
Spell : skreech
Phonetic Transcription : skritʃ


Définition of screech

Origin :
  • 1570s, alteration of scritch (mid-13c., schrichen), possibly of imitative origin (cf. shriek). Related: Screeched; screeching. Screech-owl is attested from 1590s (scritch-owl is from 1520s).
  • verb scream
Example sentences :
  • We could hear him screech for half an hour after he left us.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I'd about got to thirdly when James give a screech and p'inted.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But its screech had brought the other dwarfs running to the scene.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Before he could finish his message he heard also the screech of an engine whistle.
  • Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
  • But that screech of his was re-echoed from the mountainside above.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • I've been back a week now, and even the screech of the L trains sounds good.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • As for Blanche, she may stand behind the baggage and screech.
  • Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • The screech of the brake had deceived the messenger as to the whereabouts of the voice.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • A kingfisher was sitting on it, when we came along, and flew off with a screech.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • The screech of the owl was supposed to be an omen of death to the hearer.
  • Extract from : « Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois » by George Chapman

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