screech

Etymology
1602; altered with expressive vowel lengthening from earlier (1577), variant of obsolete, from , ,  (1250), from  (attested as ) and , both from  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), derivative of  (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Low German dial. , ), ultimately of  origin.

Noun

 * 1)  A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
 * 2)  A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
 * 3)  Newfoundland rum.
 * 4)  A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: kriĉo, kriaĉo
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, Quietschen
 * Greek:
 * Irish: scréach
 * Maori: ngē
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgreuch
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: rääkäisy
 * German: ,
 * Persian: صدای غیژغیژ
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgreuch


 * Persian: نوعی ویسکی خانگی

Verb

 * 1) To make such a sound.
 * 2)  To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.
 * 1)  To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.
 * 1)  To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.
 * 1)  To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.
 * 1)  To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.
 * 1)  To travel very fast, as if making the sound of a car that is driving too fast.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: kriaĉi, kriĉi
 * Finnish:, , , rääkäistä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κρίζω
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: stridō
 * Maori: ngē, karehā, ngoengoe, ngāngā, whakangāngā
 * Norman: rouaûder
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgreuch
 * Spanish:, ,