screech

skɹiːt͡ʃ

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#1·4h ago

(countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.

Origin: 1602; altered with expressive vowel lengthening from earlier skrech (1577), variant of obsolete scritch, from , shrichen, schrichen (1250), from (attested as scriccettan) and , both from (compare , , , ), derivative of *skrīhaną (compare , , Low German dial. schrien, schriegen), ultimately of origin. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(countable) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.

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#3·4h ago

(Newfoundland, uncountable) Newfoundland rum.

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