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Pronunciation : Screech
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Also formerly, scritch, OE. skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skr?kja to shriek, to screech, skrija to titter, Sw. skrika to shriek, Dan. skrige; also Gael. sgreach, sgreuch, W. ysgrechio, Skr. kharj to creak. Cf. Shriek, v., Screa
Definition : Defn: To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. "The screech owl, screeching loud." Shak.

i. [imp. & p. p. Screeched; p. pr. & vb. n. Screeching.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Screech
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. Screech bird, or Screech thrush (Zo?l.), the fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain. -- Screech rain. -- Screech hawk (Zo?l.), the European goatsucker; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Screech owl. (Zo?l.) (a) A small American owl (Scops asio), either gray or reddish in color. (b) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913