Synonyms for screeching
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skree-ching |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskri tʃɪŋ |
Définition of screeching
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
- There was a tremendous snarling and spitting and screeching.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The one called Gramp was screeching invectives at the grinning bystanders.
- Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
- "Bid them make an end of that screeching," she snapped to vent some of her fierce petulance.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- The retreat, I maintained—and I was right—was caused by the screeching of the steam whistle.
- Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
- They said he had caused the fire in some way; be that as it may, he was screeching most horribly.
- Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
- His stomach was screeching, and his nerves dancing with high voltages.
- Extract from : « The Hoofer » by Walter M. Miller
- Manuel, screeching in a high falsetto, ordered the bonds of his feet to be cut.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- The pirate birds were screeching among the leaves of the palms.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- It was the voice of Mr. Isidore screeching upon him through the megaphone.
- Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- A pull at the whistle, screeching forth its note of victory.
- Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
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