2. Verb. (third-person singular of screech) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Screeches
1. screech [v] - See also: screech
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screeches
Literary usage of Screeches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gryphon Taint: Volume One by K.M. Frontain (2006)
"Croaks and scraping screeches were his voice, and he didn't much like to listen
to himself after a while. The dog had been cooked and eaten, and its bones ..."
2. Guided Report Writing by Jill Norris (1999)
"The chimpanzee language also has a lot of different sounds including grunts,
screeches, and hoots. Chimpanzee. Animal Trading Cards. 1998. ..."
3. Berlin Under the New Empire: Its Institutions, Inhabitants, Industry by Henry Vizetelly (1879)
"... blend into such a quire that the disagreeable screeches and screams lose their
sharpness and harshness and become endurable, if not exactly pleasing. ..."
4. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"The birds belonging to the previous colony quieted down as we left it, and their
screeches and demonstrations ceased. In nearly all cases the nests were ..."
5. A Thousand Days in the Arctic by Frederick George Jackson (1899)
"As we came up to them the birds became exceedingly excited, swooping down upon
us with loud screeches and screams within a foot or two of our heads, ..."
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