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
- 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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