n.
Function: verb
Etymology: alteration of earlier scritch, from Middle English scrichen; akin to Old Norse skrækja to screech
Date: 1577
intransitive verb
1 : to utter a high shrill piercing cry : make an outcry usually in terror or pain
2 : to make a shrill high-pitched sound resembling a screech also : to move with such a sound <the car screech ed to a stop>
transitive verb : to utter with or as if with a screech
– screech · er noun