transcription, транскрипция: [ skri:tʃ ]
( screeches, screeching, screeched)
1.
If a vehicle screeches somewhere or if its tyres screech , its tyres make an unpleasant high-pitched noise on the road.
A black Mercedes screeched to a halt beside the helicopter...
The car wheels screeched as they curved and bounced over the rough broken ground.
VERB : V prep / adv , V
2.
When you screech something, you shout it in a loud, unpleasant, high-pitched voice.
‘Get me some water, Jeremy!’ I screeched...
...a player who screeches at you on the field.
= shriek
VERB : V with quote , V at n
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Screech is also a noun.
The figure gave a screech.
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3.
When a bird, animal, or thing screeches , it makes a loud, unpleasant, high-pitched noise.
A macaw screeched at him from its perch.
VERB : V at n
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Screech is also a noun.
He heard the screech of brakes.
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