(v.) To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.
(n.) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
Example Sentences:
(1) As I write this in a coffee shop, there's a woman sharing the table, screeching down her phone in Polish.
(2) As he breathed, he made screeching sounds and low-pitched gargles.
(3) They can pitch , both in the starting rotation, which has been special over the last two seasons, and in the bullpen, one which will have to deal with the unfortunate and freakish loss of Aroldis Chapman, who broke facial bones after being hit by a screeching come backer.
(4) The humeroscapular bone is present in the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), the screech owl (Otus asio), the barred owl (Strix varia), the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicencis), the Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii), and the sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus).
(5) I’m sure there will be a few people that will be a misty-eyed about it leaving service, in the same way as Concorde: they are one plane that you can always recognise.” But, Holland-Kaye says, the difference in noise between the 747 and a new plane such as the A350, which comes into service this year, is stark: “It’s far quieter – less of a screeching noise and that’s really welcome for local communities.
(6) It is Greece's summer ritual: the arrival of the island ferry, funnels billowing, horns blaring, gangplanks screeching as wide-eyed tourists prepare to disembark.
(7) The rage in Encinia’s voice, both when his voice is screeching, “Turn around!” at Bland, and while he’s quietly justifying later why he had to arrest her even though “she never swung at me”, is palpable.
(8) The spectacle of old tribalist Gordon Brown in a screeching U-turn on proportional representation would look cynical after he, together with Jack Straw and John Prescott , prevented Tony Blair carrying out Roy Jenkins's PR plan.
(9) I had also taken that day, on my landline, no fewer than seven cold calls, each one leaving me shivering with resentment at its screeching greedy randomness.
(10) The Fenway crowd gets loud, trying to wish a strikeout but Cabrera hits a screeching liner for a base hit.
(11) Back in 1982, Hollande's socialist predecessor François Mitterand performed a screeching U-turn when he replaced Keynesianism in a country with a strong franc policy.
(12) The figure in the scream covers its ears against that sound even as it opens its mouth wide to add to the world's screech.
(13) The screechingly intolerant campaign of hostility directed against him by metropolitan critics has done its job.
(14) A similar disease was also produced with this virus in the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), screech owl (Otus asio), and ring-necked turtle dove (Streptopelia risoria).
(15) My day starts at 6am when I am rudely wakened by screech my alarm clock.
(16) Zabavnik launches a shot straight back in; it screeches over the bar.
(17) Angus Robertson, the SNP’s leader at Westminster, said: “We once had a prime minister who said, ‘The lady’s not for turning’ … My goodness.” He went on to welcome what he described as May’s “screeching, embarrassing U-turn on national insurance contributions”.
(18) But for now, they and all those like them leave the impression of a feminist version of Monty Python's splinter groups – the Judean People's Front screeching "Splitters!"
(19) The three-hour display of some of the men and materiel of Pakistan’s lavishly resourced military included representatives of all three services, fly pasts by screeching fighter jets and processions of missile launchers and tanks.
(20) Barcelona broke away from deep, Lionel Messi found Alexis and his curling pass reached Jordi Alba screeching up the left, on one last run.
Squeal
Definition:
(v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
(v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
(n.) A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 32 dead souls ringing the Dr Strangelove war room of the NFL ownership meeting interrupt their Randroid tongue-bathing only to squeal like scalded truffle pigs at the thought of any power devolving to the actual people whose ability, knowledge and gameplay make the NFL worth watching in the first place.
(2) Despite her famous “let’s make ’em squeal” ad, the pork-cutter is not quite the Palinesque radical Democrats depict.
(3) he squeals as he yanks the calendar out of my hands.
(4) Occasionally it has been unobtrusive – such as Nationwide's sponsorship of the cash machine in Dev's corner shop in Coronation Street – but elsewhere it's been jarring – such as ITV's deal with Samsung for The X-Factor , which led to scenes of contestants squealing with delight to receive goody bags of Samsung gadgets, and turned every phone call and video diary entry into a mini-plug for the brand.
(5) Zookeepers will also be listening for healthy squeals from the cub, and signs and sounds that it is nursing.
(6) My shaven-headed Barbie was a squealing contestant.
(7) The high-pitched squeal of F1 engines and lanyard-wearing, flag-waving fans have melted away in Melbourne to be replaced by what is becoming an annual debate in the Victorian capital – do we really want or need the Australian Grand Prix?
(8) Similarly he claimed the fantastic rewards given to bankers who then went squealing to government for protection had added to the sense in some communities that there was "a rule for one, and not for the other".
(9) September 20, 2015 James Lyons (@STJamesl) Whoever squealed on Dave must be a real trotter #imHereAllWeek September 20, 2015 Some Twitter users dug up unfortunate pictures.
(10) The family dog is the first victim in Funny Games , several horses have their throats slit in The Time of the Wolf , and Benny's Video begins with the butchery of a squealing pig – Haneke's perfectionism required the sacrifice of three porkers.
(11) Hopkins claimed the problem has been caused by ministers treating builders as "poor lambs" after they "squealed" about the viability of developments where they were required to build 30% or more affordable homes.
(12) But both require governments to stand up to the inevitable squeals from banks if Turner & Co live up to their promises to be strong.
(13) Automobile horns, squealing buses and street vendors yelling.
(14) "I'm glued to the new panda cams and thrilled to hear the squeals, which appear healthy, of our newborn cub," said Dennis Kelly, director of the Smithsonian's national zoo.
(15) At a recent event on the lack of diversity in British television , a woman in the audience told the room that as a child in the 1980s, whenever a black person appeared on TV, she and her siblings squealed with surprise to see someone who looked like them on screen.
(16) The most commonly elicited behaviors (jumping, rearing and squealing) as well as the threshold IPIs and the ceiling switch-off latencies were mapped within the PAG.
(17) Photograph: Robin Lustig for the Observer In the dust of the cathedral compound, children squealed happily from within a makeshift playground.
(18) Suddenly she disappeared behind my parked car and I heard a squeal, followed by guttural growling.
(19) First up was Andy Burnham's, prompting a ripple of feminine squeals, followed by a louder, more blokeish cheer for Ed Balls.
(20) The rules were simple: after being doused in the ice-chilled water on camera, challengers would squeal at a pitch only audible to dogs, and then nominate three other people.