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There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of elevators going up and down from heaven to hell.
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

Meaning of "screeching" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCREECHING

screeching  [ˈskriːtʃɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCREECHING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Screeching is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCREECHING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of screeching in the English dictionary

The definition of screeching in the dictionary is producing a shrill, harsh, or high-pitched cry. Other definition of screeching is producing a shrill, harsh, or high-pitched sound.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCREECHING


approaching
əˈprəʊtʃɪŋ
beseeching
bɪˈsiːtʃɪŋ
birching
ˈbɜːtʃɪŋ
catching
ˈkætʃɪŋ
Ching
tʃɪŋ
churching
ˈtʃɜːtʃɪŋ
coaching
ˈkəʊˌtʃɪŋ
Kuching
ˈkuːtʃɪŋ
launching
ˈlɔːntʃɪŋ
lurching
ˈlɜːtʃɪŋ
matching
ˈmætʃɪŋ
nonteaching
nɒnˈtiːtʃɪŋ
overarching
ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃɪŋ
scorching
ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ
searching
ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ
stitching
ˈstɪtʃɪŋ
stretching
ˈstrɛtʃɪŋ
strip-searching
ˈstrɪpˌsɜːtʃɪŋ
teaching
ˈtiːtʃɪŋ
touching
ˈtʌtʃɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCREECHING

scree
screech
screech owl
screecher
screechier
screechiest
screechy
screed
screeder
screedings
screen
screen actor
screen display
screen door
screen dump
screen editing
screen goddess
screen grab
screen grid
screen legend

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCREECHING

aching
anything
bewitching
birdwatching
bitching
branching
couching
English Language Teaching
enriching
etching
eye-catching
far-reaching
fetching
geocaching
hatching
itching
quenching
scratching
squelching
twitching
whale watching

Synonyms and antonyms of screeching in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCREECHING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «screeching» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of screeching
bellow · call out · caterwaul · cry · holler · howl · scream · shriek · squawk · squeal · wail · yell · yelp

Translation of «screeching» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCREECHING

Find out the translation of screeching to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of screeching from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «screeching» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尖叫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chillando
570 millions of speakers

English

screeching
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصراخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

визг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guinchando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

screeching
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Screeching
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gekreisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

金切り声を上げ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

숙취
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Screeching
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

screeching
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிறீச் என்று ஒலிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडखोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cırtlak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stridere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pisk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вереск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scârțâituri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ουρλιάζει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skreeuende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrikande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of screeching

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCREECHING»

The term «screeching» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.439 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCREECHING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «screeching» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «screeching» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about screeching

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5 QUOTES WITH «SCREECHING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word screeching.
1
Jose Ferreira
If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will come to a screeching halt.
2
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson
There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of elevators going up and down from heaven to hell.
3
Peter Shaffer
Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That's not love, it's just rubbish.
4
Scott Stapp
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.
5
Stewart Udall
I am not proposing that we bring our oil and auto industries to a screeching halt. There is still time to begin a series of gradual steps toward new transportation and energy policies, livable cities, and more humane, efficient transit systems.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCREECHING»

Discover the use of screeching in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to screeching and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hardy Boys 41: The Clue of the Screeching Owl
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Franklin W. Dixon, 1962
2
Screeching: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Fill what's empty. Empty what's full and scratch where it itches.ndash;Alice Roosevelt LongworthWhen once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.
‎2008
3
Screaming & Screeching: How to Solve Problem Behavior with ...
A behavior therapy book for experienced clicker trainers. This book will teach you how to resolve screaming and screeching problems with your birds using clicker training.
Ann Castro, 2012
4
Tales from the Kingdome: The Knight in Screeching Armor
"Princess Amanda needs to get away.
Deborah Elizabeth Posca, Zachary Addison Posca, 2010
5
The screeching door: or, What happened at the Elephant Hotel
While vacationing in Atlantic City, a brother and sister meet a ghost in the Elephant Hotel.
Jan Wahl, 1975
6
The Screeching of a Cock-a-doodle-doo: The New Adventures of ...
Hullabaloo, is it a beast that snores or a lion with a cold trying to roar? Welcome to the new adventures of R J Kangaroo as he investigate. The Screeching of a Cock-a -doodle-doo you'll enjoy this tale of kazoos, kazoos and hullabaloos.
Labaine Wilson, 2013
7
European Avant-garde: New Perspectives : Avantgarde, ...
SCREECHING. VOICES: AVANT-GARDE;. MANIFESTOS. IN. THE. CABARET. MARTIN. PUCHNER. There is a consensus among modern writers and theorists that the artwork should pretend not to be aware of its audience. What they have ...
Dietrich Scheunemann, American Comparative Literature Association, 2000
8
Maternal Control of Development in Vertebrates: My Mother ...
Zebrafish maternal-effect screeching halt mutants arrest with compromised chromatin segregation and aberrant zygotic genome activation (Wagner et al., 2004). Abnormal chromatin is observed by the sphere stage during the midblastula ...
Florence Marlow, 2010
9
The Clue of the Screeching Owl
The disappearance of a retired police captain, two empty shotgun shells and a series of bloodcurdling cries plunge the Hardy boys into adventure in the Pocono Mountains
Franklin W. Dixon, 1962
10
Articles on Screeching Weasel Albums, Including: You Broke ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCREECHING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term screeching is used in the context of the following news items.
1
LETTER: Stop screeching and take it easy out there
I live near the bottom of Clarke Hill (Snake Hill) in Port Moody and I am constantly hearing the screech of tires as drivers turn the corner on to St. Johns Street. «The Tri-City News, Jul 15»
2
Tonight in Music: Todd Rundgren, Screeching Weasel, No Joy & More
(Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside) Even for longtime fans of Chicago punk legends Screeching Weasel, the last few years have not been without their fair ... «The Portland Mercury, Jun 15»
3
Screeching Weasel: Baby Fat, Act 1Baby Fat, Act 1 (2015)
He is first heard on the third track of the album, “So Long, Mojo,” and it is the first track that sounds even remotely like the Screeching Weasel we're accustomed ... «Punknews.org, Jun 15»
4
Screeching U-turns on bonds and greenbacks
Screeching U-turns are under way in hedge funds and economic forecasting departments across Europe and the US. The biggest bet in the world has gone into ... «Financial Times, May 15»
5
Screeching Weasel Return with Two-Part Rock Opera
It's been four years since long-running pop punk act Screeching Weasel released First World Manifesto for Fat Wreck. The band's relationship with that label has ... «Exclaim!, May 15»
6
Invade the skies with your own flying, screeching pterodactyl
When it's not in use, you can display your pterodactyl on leg stands. PaulG Toys. The pterodactyl can let loose a screeching sound to really freak out everyone ... «CNET, Apr 15»
7
March jobs report: Will employment growth come to a screeching halt?
Employment growth is one of very few economic indicators inspiring confidence these days. The Great American Jobs Machine has been humming along nicely. «Fortune, Apr 15»
8
Screeching SUV Slams Into Busy Supermarket
A 68-year-old Lynn woman in a screeching SUV did a full 360 on Friday ... “She accelerated and caused the tires to spin and screech,” Lt. Desmond said. «Patch.com, Feb 15»
9
Prediction: On Friday, the Internet will not come to a screeching halt
If you haven't watched the Netflix series House of Cards, you've missed something special. Twisted. But special. Conniving politician Frank Underwood has ... «ZDNet, Feb 15»
10
'Screeching' subway ukulele player sues to stop amp ban
Electronic-ukulele busker Christopher X. Brodeur, who describes his instrumental imitation of a screeching train as “magical,” is suing the MTA for banning ... «New York Post, Feb 15»

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