screeching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: screeching	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for screeching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
screeching 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
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.