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Meaning of screeching(a) in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    screeching(a)

    Definitions

    1. loud and sustained

    Examples

    • « shrill and piercing »
    • « hordes of screaming fans »
    • « a screaming jet plane »
    • « a screaming fury of sound »
    • « a screeching parrot »
    • « screeching brakes »
    • « a horde of shrieking fans »
    • « shrieking winds »

    Synonyms

    • noisy

Famous quotes

  • « It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadn't claimed my faith as my own I had just grown up with it. »
    Scott Stapp

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