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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"

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  1. screeching

    Screeching refers to a high-pitched, harsh, and usually loud sound, often associated with screaming, tires, or certain animals. It can also refer to vocally expressing or reacting in an intense, sharp manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Screeching

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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. 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.

  3. Heather McGowan:

    The foundational knowledge of the future is your own ability to learn and adapt, because if you don't your career will come to a screeching halt after a couple of years.

  4. Anthony Scaramucci:

    I'm in the process of putting together a team of people that feel the exact same way that I do. This is not a' Never Trump' situation. This not just screeching rhetoric. This is -- OK, the guy is unstable. Everyone inside knows it, everyone outside knows it. Let's see if we can find a viable alternative.

  5. Amar Nath:

    The train came to a screeching halt and I thought that it may have hit something.

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