| VERB | perception | screech, whine, squeak, creak, screak, skreak | make a high-pitched, screeching noise |
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| communication | screech, squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh | utter a harsh abrupt scream | |
| NOUN | event | screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming | a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry |
| communication | screech, scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screeching | sharp piercing cry |
| Sounds | skriy'ch | |
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| Rhymes | beach ... teach / Teach: 19 rhymes with iych... | |
| Meaning | A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. | |
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| Example | "he ducked at the screechings of shells" | |
| Synonyms | screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | chirrido | |
| Catalan | grinyol, xerric | |
| Adjectives | screechy | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge |
| Verbs | screech | make a high-pitched, screeching noise |
| Meaning | sharp piercing cry. | |
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| Synonyms | scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screeching | |
| Broader | cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation | A loud utterance |
| Spanish | alarido, aullido, aullidos, chillido, grito agudo, grito | |
| Catalan | esgarip, xiscle | |
| Adjectives | screechy | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge |
| Verbs | screech | utter a harsh abrupt scream |
| Meaning | Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Cars screech in the streets; The streets screech with cars | |
| Synonyms | whine, squeak, creak, screak, skreak | |
| Broader | make noise, resound, noise | emit a noise |
| Spanish | aullar, chirriar, crujir, rechinar | |
| Catalan | carrisquejar, garranyigar, grinyolar | |
| Nouns | screech, screeching | a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry |
| Meaning | Utter a harsh abrupt scream. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh | |
| Broader | shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall | Utter a sudden loud cry |
| Spanish | chillar, chirriar, graznar, gritar | |
| Catalan | clacar, cridar, garrular, grallar, xerrotejar, xisclar | |
| Nouns | screech | sharp piercing cry |
| screecher | someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | |
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