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1. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
   - screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming
    
2. Sharp piercing cry
   "her screech attracted the neighbours";
   - scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screeching

1. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise
   "My car engine makes a screeching noise";
   - whine, squeak, creak, screak [dialect], skreak [non-standard]
    
2. Utter a harsh abrupt scream
   - squawk, screak [dialect], skreak [non-standard], skreigh [UK, dialect]

Derived forms: screeched, screeching, screeches

Type of: call, cry, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], make noise, noise, outcry, resound, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Screech, Matthew