Screak

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Screak \Screak\ (skr[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screaked}
     (skr[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaking}.] [Cf. Icel.
     skraekja to screech. Cf. {Creak}, v., {Screech}.]
     To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to
     creak, as a door or wheel.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Screak \Screak\, n.
     A creaking; a screech; a shriek. --Bp. Bull.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  screak
       v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked
            when I opened it slowly" [syn: {squeak}, {screech}, {creak},
             {skreak}]
       2: utter a harsh abrupt scream [syn: {squawk}, {skreak}, {skreigh},
           {screech}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "screak":
     bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray,
     call, caterwaul, creak, cry, give tongue, give voice, howl, keen,
     low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, pipe, pule, roar,
     scream, screech, shriek, shrill, skirl, skreigh, squall, squawk,
     squeak, squeal, troat, ululate, ululation, wail, whicker, whine,
     whinny, whistle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl