screech
A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and…A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
» The car screeched to a stop.
Машина со скрежетом затормозила.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
Kreischen, Quietschen, Kreischen
визгvizg, скрипskrip, скре́жетskréžet
(countable)A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
(Newfoundland, uncountable)Newfoundland rum.
(uncountable)A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
- a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
- sharp piercing cry
Examples
56 sentencesThe car screeched to a stop.
ruМашина со скрежетом затормозила.
Tom stomped on the brake pedal and screeched to a halt.
ruТом вдавил педаль тормоза в пол и с визгом затормозил.
The car screeched to a stop when Tom jammed on the brakes.
Tom's car screeched to a stop.
Tom's car screeched to a halt.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
1602; altered with expressive vowel lengthening from earlier skrech (1577), variant of obs1602; altered with expressive vowel lengthening from earlier skrech (1577), variant of obsolete scritch, from Middle English skriken, shrichen, schrichen (1250), from Old English (attested as scriccettan) and Old Norse skríkja, both from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną (compare Icelandic skríkja, Old Saxon scricōn, Danish skrige, Swedish skrika), derivative of *skrīhaną (compare Middle Dutch schriën, German schreien, Low German dial. schrien, schriegen), ultimately of imitative origin.
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Forms
plural: screechesSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable