as in to shriek
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away
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Recent Examples of screech
Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Since then, every time the government has shut down, training and hiring for air traffic controllers have come to a screeching halt.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
With the screech of an electric guitar, Puddin leaned her head back, stomping her foot to the beat of the drums.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
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Verb
There was no screeching mob at the airport on Wednesday night, just a handful of curious onlookers and a pack of stray dogs in the parking lot.
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.
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Verb
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Ozturk shrieked in fear as the officers — some of whom wore sunglasses — then covered their noses and mouths.—
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As soon as the actress shrieked to indicate that something was amiss, her costar, Justin Theroux, jumped up and stood behind her to begin fixing the garment.—
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Frontman Bryan Garris let out a mighty pig squeal as guest vocalist Poppy thrashed and screamed across the stage, dressed like an even more macabre girl from The Ring.—
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Listen for a squeal and know that your prank was a success! 20.—
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Yet no other sweet treat screams Easter like PEEPS® candy does.—
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Hernández screams again while wearing a shiny blue jumpsuit similar to one Benson Boone donned for the Grammys.—
Noun
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
Noun
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The roars crescendoed in the bottom of the first as Tatis led off with a single, Tatis and Machado each stole a base and Merrill, after falling behind 0-2 against Sale, one-handed a two-run single into center field.—
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The roar of the crowd and the buzzing of the buzzer as time expires can reach the same volume levels as a jackhammer!—
Noun
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Juliana is one of those people who express positive emotions with a high-pitched squeak.—
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And if that’s not strange enough, this tiny creature barks, squeaks and even screams when threatened.—
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Budgie neural activity is so closely aligned with the chirps, warbles, and calls the birds produce that Long and his co-researchers could chart the undulating frequency of a call based on the signals of five neurons alone, with near exact precision.—
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Songbirds coo and chirp from the marshy fringe; tall grasses rustle in the breeze.—
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Yes, that would be Post Malone, who convincingly simulated Kurt Cobain’s phlegmy yowls, rocking the mic as Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic thrashed and crashed around him.—
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As a shape-shifting rock poet — a prophet with a nasal yowl — Dylan and his opaque words were particularly attractive for theorists of the literary, musical and conspiratorial varieties.—
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“Screech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screech. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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