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screeching

[ skree-ching ]

adjective

  1. causing or uttering screeches:

    screeching bats.

  2. characteristic of screeches; harshly shrill:

    a screeching tone.



noun

  1. the act or sound of a person or thing that screeches.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 𳦳iԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of screeching1

First recorded in 1610–20; screech + -ing 2, -ing 1
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One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.

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On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed an executive order establishing a 90-day, program-by-program review of foreign assistance programs to determine which would continue, bringing funding for foreign assistance to a screeching halt.

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Wood also shared a comment by an unnamed user describing the sketch as "sharp and funny" before taking "a screeching turn into 1970s misogyny".

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Over the last nine games, however, the offense has come to a screeching halt — serving as the biggest problem in their current 3-6 rut.

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When this happened, the sound of a screeching tape catapulted the company to another passage in the book.

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