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Definition: Screech |
ScreechNoun1. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes". 2. Sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors". Verb1. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door. 2. Utter a shrill cry. 3. Utter a harsh abrupt scream. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "screech" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
Note: Screech \Screech\ (skr[=e]ch), intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Screeched; Screeching.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | A form of periodic combustion instability, especially in turbojet combustors of afterburners and in liquid-propellant rocket engines, occurring at relatively high frequencies and characterized by a high-pitched noise. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A discrete tone emission from high velocity jets. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ScreechSynonyms: scream (n), screaming (n), screeching (n), shrieking (n), creak (v), pipe (v), pipe up (v), screak (v), shriek (v), shrill (v), skreak (v), skreigh (v), squawk (v), squeak (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Screech |
| English words defined with "screech": Screeched, Scritch, shriek owl. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "screech": Chouans. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "screech": Ulula. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Maybe we could sell Screech to Exxon (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn) Screech, you can't elope (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn) Well Screech, your father was probably just nervous (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn) Well, Screech, maybe you're pregnant (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn) Victory screech! (SpongeBob SquarePants; writing credit: Leonardo Fasoli; Patrizia Fassio) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Screech Owls (2001) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve White-footed mouse - Peromyscus leucopus. This mouse is a prey species of owls - especially screech owls and barred owls. Unfortunately, this small rhodent is also an important host in the life cycle of the deer tick and the spread of Lyme disease. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Screech Owl. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Western Screech Owl chickOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |  | Juvenile Western Screech OwlsOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |
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 | Squeals; squeal; pig; piglet; barnyard; rural; screech. | | Boil; screech; high-pitched; ready; whistle. |
| Screech; hawk; call. | | Skid; skidding; tire; tires; car accident; skidded; screech. |
| Screech; jungle; . | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Taking orders in a soft low voice, calling them to the cook with a screech like a peacock |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Whether it's the screech of a chain saw, the sudden blast of a hunting rifle, or the roar of a lawn mower, exposure to loud sounds can cause Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Screech" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.04% of the time. "Screech" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 77.04% | 104 | 31,955 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.81% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.15% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 135 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "screech": screech bird ♦ screech hawk ♦ screech martin ♦ screech owl ♦ screech rain ♦ screech thrush. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "screech": screech-guitar, screech-owl, screech-owls, screech-turned, screech-ups, screech-whistle-screech. | |
Ending with "screech": bird-screech, screech-whistle-screech, semi-screech. | |
Containing "screech": whoop-screech-whoop. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "screech"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ulërimë (boom, howl, roar, roaring, scream, ululation, wow), klithmë (bell, cry, note, scream, shoot, squall, squeal, yowl), kërcitje (clack, clash, click, clicking, crack, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, crepitation, crunch, Gride, grinding, groan, pop, pound, rap, rattle, scratch, snap, splutter, squeak), britmë (call, clamor, clamour, cry, ejaculation, howl, hue, note, outcry, scream, shout, shouting, shriek, squall, yell). (various references) | |
Arabic | صياح (brash, crying, hoot, ranting, screaming, shouting, shrieking, vociferous, whooping, yelling), صرير (creak, grinding, jar, rasping, rumbling, sizzle, squeak), صرخة ذعر (shriek), صرخ ذعرا وألما, صر (chirr, creak, grate, insist, jar, persist, play up, press, rasp, squeak, squeal), أطلق صوت عالي, أطلق صرخة ذعر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стържещ шум, крещя зловещо, остър шум, пронизителен крясък, писък (cry, peep, scream, shriek, squall, squeak, squeal, yawl, yowl), пищя зловещо, издавам стържещ звук, издавам остър звук. (various references) | |
Chinese | 尖叫 (shriek). (various references) | |
Czech | skuèet (sough, ululate, yowl), skuèení (howl, howling, ululation, whine, yowl), pištìt (pipe, squeak), pištìní. (various references) | |
Danish | hylende forbrænding (screaming), hyl (singing), hvin. (various references) | |
Dutch | gillen (yell), gieren (cry out, fertilize, scream, shout, skid, whistle), gegier, gefluit (singing). (various references) | |
Esperanto | noktuo (screech-owl). (various references) | |
Farsi | فریادکردن (Holler, Whoop), فریادشبیه جیغ , صدای ناهنجارایجادکردن , صدای گوشخراش , صدای بلند (Din, Soprano), جیغ کشیدن (Hoot, Shrill, Zing), جیغ (Catcall, Scream, Shout, Shriek, Squawk, Squeal). (various references) | |
Finnish | kirkuna (squawk). (various references) | |
French | sirènement (screaming), pousser des cris perçants, hurler (scream), hurlement (scream, screaming), hululer, hullullement, crisser, crissement, crier de douleur, cri perçant. (various references) | |
German | schreien (bawl, Bray, call, call out, clamor, clamour, crow, cry, cry out, cry up, crying, honk, hoot, howl, moan, scream, scream out, shout, shouting, shriek, squall, squeal, to clamour, to scream, to screech, to squall, vociferate, wail, whoop, yell, yell out), kreischen (jar, scream, shriek, shrill, squawk, squeal, to screech, to shriek, to squawk, yell). (various references) | |
Greek | κράζω (caw, croak, halloo, hollo, quack, squawk), σκούζω (hoot, screak, scream, shriek, squawk, yell), σφύριγμα (catcall, hiss, hoot, whistle, whistling), στριγκλιά (shriek, squall), στριγκλίζω (scream, shriek, yell), υψίσυχνος θόρυβος καύσεως (screaming), οξεία κραυγή (screak, scream, shriek, squeak, squeal), διαπεραστικός συριγμός. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לצווח (shriek, squall). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sikoltás (scream, shriek, skirl, squall). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menggerit (gnaw, nibble), bergerit, berdenyit, bercuit (squeak), berciut. (various references) | |
Irish | scréach. (various references) | |
Italian | stridere (clash, creak, grate, jangle, jar, squeak, squeal, yell). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 木の葉木菟 (screech owl). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "のはずく (screech owl). (various references) | |
Manx | scraagh (squawk, squeal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eechscray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | silvo (cantation, fizz, fizzle, hiss, hoot, ping, piping, whistle, zip), piar (cheep, chirp, get up the better, hoot, peek, peep, pip, pule, tu-whoo, twitter), guincho (crab, donkey-engine, drawing-machine, hoist, scream, shriek, skirl, squall, squeak, squeal, swift, tackle, winch), guinchar (chirk, screak, ululate), grito penetrante (shriek, squeal), cantar como uma coruja. (various references) | |
Romanian | striga (bark out, bawl, bellow, brawl, break, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry cherries, cry out, ejaculate, hail, hallo, halloo, hollo, hoop, howl, page, roar, scream, shout, shriek, shriek out, squall, vociferate, yell), pronunţa strident, ţipãt al bufniţei, ţipãt (cry, hoot, outcry, roar, scream, shout, shriek, squawk, yell), ţipa (bawl, call, cry, honk, hoop, hoot, pipe, roar, scream, shout, shriek, squall, squeal, yell). (various references) | |
Russian | скрип (creak, gride, groan, scrape, squeak), крик ужаса, крик (bell, call, cry, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, vociferation), визжать визг (squeal), зловещий звук. (various references) | |
Scottish | sgreuch (a screech, scream, shrill cry), sgread (a screech, cry, scream, shriek). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrisnuti (screak, scream, shriek, squawk, squeal), vrisak (neigh, scream, shriek, squawk), pisak (mouthpiece, shriek, spout). (various references) | |
Spanish | chillido (bawl, howl, jabber, scream, shriek, squall, squeal, yell). (various references) | |
Swedish | tjuta (howl, scream, shriek, ululate, wail, whoop, yawp, yowl), tjut (boot, howl, roar, scream, shriek, ululation, whoop, yawp, yowl). (various references) | |
Turkish | tiz sesle bağırmak (squeak), keskin çığlık, gıcırdatmak (chatter, gnash, grate, grind, grit, jar, scrape), cırlamak (squall, squeak, squeal), acı feryat (shriek), acı acı bağırmak (shriek, shrill, wail), çığlık atmak (cry, cry out, hoop, scream, shriek, shriek out, skirl, whoop). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скрипіти (creak, gride, grit, groan, squeak), хрипко кричати, хрипкий крик, верескливий звук, зловісно кричати, зловісний крик. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiếng thét (scream), tiếng rít (shriek, whiz), tiếng kêu thất thanh (scream). (various references) | |
Welsh | sgrech. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 34, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai sunanthsousin daimonia onokentauroiV kai bohsousin eteroV proV ton eteron ekei anapausontai onokentauroi euron gar autoiV anapausin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et occurrent daemonia onocentauris et pilosus clamabit alter ad alterum ibi cubavit lamia et invenit sibi requiem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And ayen come shul deueles, the beste party an asse and `a party a man, and the wodewose; the tothir shal crie to the tother. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the isle, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech-owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the beasts of the waste places will come together with the jackals, and the evil spirits will be crying to one another, even the night-spirit will come and make her resting-place there. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 34, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang mga mananap nga ihalas sa kamingawan makigtagbo sa mga lobo, ug ang kanding nga ihalas magatawag sa iyang kauban; oo, ang mananap nga mapintas sa kagabhion mopuyo didto, ug makakaplag niini nga dapit nga kapahulayan. |
| Croatian | Ondje æe se sretat divlje maèke s hijenama, jarci æe dozivati jedan drugoga; ondje æe se odmarati Lilit našav poèivalište. |
| Danish | Der mødes Sjakal med Vildkat, og Bukketrolde holder Stævne; kun der skal Natteheksen raste og lægge sig der til Ro; |
| Dutch | En de wilde dieren der woestijnen zullen de wilde dieren der eilanden daar ontmoeten, en de duivel zal zijn metgezel toeroepen; ook zal het nachtgedierte zich aldaar nederzetten, en het zal een rustplaats voor zich vinden. |
| Finnish | Siellä erämaan ulvojat ja ulisijat yhtyvät, metsänpeikot toisiansa tapaavat. Siellä yksin öinen syöjätär saa rauhan ja löytää lepopaikan. |
| French | Les animaux du désert y rencontreront les chiens sauvages, Et les boucs s`y appelleront les uns les autres; L le spectre de la nuit aura sa demeure, Et trouvera son lieu de repos; |
| German | Da werden untereinander laufen Wüstentiere und wilde Hunde, und ein Feldteufel wird dem andern begegnen; der Kobold wird auch daselbst herbergen und seine Ruhe daselbst finden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Binatang buas akan berkeliaran di dalamnya; hantu-hantu bersahut-sahutan, dan hantu malam mencari tempat beristirahat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di sana bertemulah harimau dahan dengan serigala dan syaitanpun berserulah seorang akan seorang, lagipun hantu malam berhinggap di sana dan mendapat tempat perhentian. |
| Italian | Gatti selvatici si incontreranno con iene, i satiri si chiameranno l'un l'altro; vi faranno sosta anche le civette e vi troveranno tranquilla dimora. |
| Maori | Ko nga kuri mohoao o te koraha ka tutaki ki nga wuruhi, ka karanga te mea ahua koati ki tona hoa; ka takoto ano te ngarara haere po ki reira, ka kitea he okiokinga mona ki reira. |
| Portuguese | E as feras do deserto se encontrarão com hienas; e o sátiro clamará ao seu companheiro; e Lilite pousará ali, e achará lugar de repouso para si. |
| Rumanian | Fiarele din pustie se vor kntklni acolo cu cknii sqlbatici, wi yapii pqrowi se vor chema unii pe alyii. Acolo kwi va avea locuinya nqluca nopyii, wi kwi va gqsi un loc de odihnq. |
| Spanish | Las fieras del desierto se encontrarán con las hienas. El chivo salvaje gritará a su compañero. La lechuza también hallará allí sosiego, y hallará reposo para sí. |
| Swedish | Schakaler bo där tillsammans med andra ökendjur, och gastar ropa där till varandra; ja, där kan Lilit få ro, där kan hon finna en vilostad. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "screech": screeched, screecher, screechers, screeches, screechier, screechiest, screeching, screechy. (additional references) | |
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"Screech" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: creech, Mccreesh, Mccreeth, Mcgeoch, screecher, screench, screet, streach. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "screech" (pronounced skrē"kh) |
| 3 | -r ē" kh | breach, breech, preach, reach. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: creches. | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-h-r-s" | |
-1 letter: cheers, creche, creesh, recces. | |
-2 letters: ceres, cheer, eches, heres, recce, scree, sheer. | |
-3 letters: cees, cere, eche, here, hers, recs, rees, resh, seer, sere. | |
-4 letters: cee, ere, ers, her, hes, rec, ree, res, sec, see, ser, she. | |
-5 letters: eh, er, es, he, re, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-h-r-s" | |
+1 letter: checkers, rechecks, screechy. | |
+2 letters: clenchers, prechecks, screeched, screecher, screeches. | |
+3 letters: bescorched, bescorches, cerecloths, chanceries, checkreins, chickarees, coherences, crocheters, cutcheries, encroaches, forechecks, screechers, screechier, screeching. | |
+4 letters: archdiocese, catachreses, catechizers, chicaneries, cholesteric, coherencies, encroachers, overcoaches, screechiest, theocracies. | |
+5 letters: archdioceses, backbenchers, beachcombers, breechblocks, breechcloths, breechclouts, buccaneerish, chanticleers, characteries, charcuteries, coresearcher, crosschecked, czarevitches, electroshock, forecheckers, heterocycles, incoherences, neckerchiefs, sclerenchyma, shellcracker, trenchancies, weathercocks. | |
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