screech
English
/skɹiːtʃ/, [skɹiːtʃ], [skɹitʃ]
noun
Definitions
- A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
- A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
- (Newfoundlander) Newfoundland rum.
- A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English skriken derived from Old Norse skríkja (shriek, scream) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skrīkijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outshriek English
- screecher English
- screecheth English
- screechiness English
- screechy English
- scrike English
- shriek English
- shrieker English
- shriekest English
- shrieketh English
- shriekfest English
- shriekling English
- shrieky English
- skrike English
- kirkua Finnish
- Geschrei German
- Geschreie German
- niederschreien German
- schreien German
- *skrik- Proto-Germanic
- *skrīkijaną Proto-Germanic
- lavskrika Swedish
- skrika Swedish
- scriccettan Old English
- scrycke Middle English
- skriken Middle English
- skríkja Old Norse
- sgrech Welsh
- sgrechian Welsh
- schrien Middle High German