(countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface. / (countable) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.

To make such a sound. / (intransitive, figuratively) To travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released.

plural of screech

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of screech

simple past tense and past participle of screech

present participle of screech

The act of producing a screech.

plural of screeching

Any New World owl of genus Megascops. / (UK) A common barn owl, of species Tyto alba, found almost worldwide. / The mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus).

Any of a group of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae, with distinctive high-pitched calls.