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
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
His daughter, Beth (Kelly Reilly), screeches up to the emergency crews at the governor's home, followed by her brother Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
The climax is protracted but darkly thrilling: ugly secrets spill into the open, winged monkeys screech and scatter, and Elphaba comes into full possession of her powers.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Just then, a black SUV screeched to a halt outside and four men in dark T-shirts and black flak jackets leapt out.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
His daughter, Beth (Kelly Reilly), screeches up to the emergency crews at the governor's home, followed by her brother Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
Noun
Phill Simon and his family were sleeping in their Glen Park home when the screech of tornado alerts going off on their phones woke them up.
—Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
The climax is protracted but darkly thrilling: ugly secrets spill into the open, winged monkeys screech and scatter, and Elphaba comes into full possession of her powers.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screech
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Power stick guy, the rodeo clown guys, shrieking college girls.Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2024
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Candiace is building a family of her own, and chose to pursue that journey in an environment where she was not constantly triggered into a shrieking emotional mess at each conflict.Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Barrymore squeals in disgust after reaching into her pocket and pulling out a sandwich.Shyla Watson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the corner of St. Peter and Royal Streets, a tuba begins its rumbling and a trombone squeals; the instruments sparkle in the sunlight, glinting gold amid a gathering crowd.Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Ahmad would scream in terror, afraid of something beyond his family’s perception.Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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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.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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In one strip, the kids act out the horrible roar of an atomic bomb, and Snoopy has frequent aerial battles with the Red Baron.Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Collecting data and recordings of leopard roars has proven difficult in the past, according to the study, making the study of their vocalizations and communication challenging.Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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Sneaker squeaks were part of the in-arena chorus of sounds as were the thumps of bodies hitting the floor.Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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And on Thursday night, Ken Carter was one of about two dozen people inside a basketball gym, where the only signs a game was taking place were the squeaks of sneakers and four buzzers to signal the end of each quarter.Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Image: Kidde The alarms connect to the Ring app and, as well as sending alerts when triggered, will notify you about a low battery to help avoid those 2AM chirps.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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This beautiful cat makes the sweetest chirps and meows to talk to you!Staff report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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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.Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The guitar riffs recall how Mastodon sounded circa Leviathan, paired with Blythe’s inimitable yowls.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Screech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screech. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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