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screech·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screamingnoun

    a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

    "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"

  2. scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screechingnoun

    sharp piercing cry

    "her screaming attracted the neighbors"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Screeching

    of Screech

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SCREECHING in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SCREECHING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of SCREECHING in a Sentence

  1. Brian Hoops:

    (The accelerated planting pace) is coming to a screeching halt with possible and probably delays.

  2. Eric McDavid:

    And right then, there must have been around nine vehicles pull up screeching, doors opening before vehicles even stop. I got a Suburban about 15 yards off to my right, Ninja turtles jumping out, AR15s, everything, and I just go, 'Oh, that's what that was.'.

  3. Patrick Dowless:

    I heard 11 to 14 shots and heard screeching tires and sirens, so I knew something was happening, i went outside and saw lots of officers running towards a body and some running the other way. The officers were standing over the body but when the paramedics arrived they stood up right away.

  4. Norbert Hardtke:

    We were told to bring everything to a screeching halt.

  5. Caleb Holder:

    We could hear more tires screeching, and then just barely see headlights coming in through the fog.

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