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

  Screech \Screech\ (skr[=e]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. "The screech owl,
     screeching loud." --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  screeching
       adj : loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of
             screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming
             fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching
             brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking winds"
             [syn: {screaming(a)}, {screeching(a)}, {shrieking(a)}]
       n 1: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
            the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
            brakes" [syn: {screech}, {shriek}, {shrieking}, {scream},
             {screaming}]
       2: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
          [syn: {scream}, {screaming}, {shriek}, {shrieking}, {screech}]

















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