screech
skreech
- n a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
he ducked at the screechings of shells - n sharp piercing cry
- v make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- v utter a harsh abrupt scream
- This year it's as if "ideagetthemoneyhireaCEOlaunchpartyIPO" has become one big, fast millennial screech.
- The screech owl followed her, clawed her again before flitting back to its tree.
- Weisman writes like Malcolm Gladwell and John McPhee mashed together and set on fast-forward in this spirit-enlarging, screech-free hymn to the environment.