screeching

English

Verb

screeching

1. present participle and gerund of screech

Derived terms

• screeching frog

Noun

screeching (plural screechings)

1. The act of producing a screech.

   hysterical screechings

   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published 1940, page 58:

     Silence reigned, broken only by the hideous screeching of vultures and the sound of a lawn-mower being used in the hospital grounds.