screech : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: screech	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for screech
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
screech n a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" Synonym(s): screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors" Synonym(s): scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching v make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" Synonym(s): whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak utter a harsh abrupt scream Synonym(s): squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screech \Screech\ (skr[emac]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screeching}.] [Also formerly, scritch, OE. skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skr[ae]kja to shriek, to screech, skr[imac]kja to titter, Sw. skrika to shriek, Dan. skrige; also Gael. sgreach, sgreuch, W. ysgrechio, Skr. kharj to creak. Cf. {Shriek}, v., {Scream}, v.] To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. [bd]The screech owl, screeching loud.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screech \Screech\, n. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. {Screech bird}, [or] {Screech thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain. {Screech rain}. {Screech hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] {Screech owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American owl ({Scops asio}), either gray or reddish in color. (b) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species.