screeches
High harsh sounds
Screeches are harsh, high-pitched sounds—sharp and unpleasant to the ear.
Tires screech when braking hard, owls screech in the night, and people screech in alarm or anger.
The word captures both the sound itself and the jarring effect it has on listeners: The train's screeches echoed through the station.
To screech is to produce such a sound, or to bring something to a sudden halt: The car screeched to a stop.
Shrill, piercing cry
- squealShrill, piercing cry
- squawkHarsh grating bird cry
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- wailProlonged mournful cry
howl · caterwaul · yowl · screak · piercing · earsplitting · shrill · strident
Hard conductive solid
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- hingeMovable connecting joint
rusty · chalk · chalkboard · fingernails · abrasion · friction · squeak · rasp
Nocturnal feathered predator
- hawkTaloned predatory bird
- parrotSpeech-mimicking tropical bird
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- batFlying mammal or sports club
cockatoo · macaw · jay · crow · raven · chimpanzee · raptor · primate
shriek
Shrill, piercing cry
wail · howl · caterwaul · yowl · screak · piercing · earsplitting · shrill · strident · high-pitched
metal
Hard conductive solid
hinge · rusty · chalk · chalkboard · fingernails · abrasion · friction · squeak · rasp · scrape
owl
Nocturnal feathered predator
bat · cockatoo · macaw · jay · crow · raven · chimpanzee · raptor · primate · nocturnal
tires
Rubber wheel coverings
- wheelsCircular rotation devices
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
skid · halt · stopping · car · vehicle · pavement · friction · grinding · squealing · metal
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
horror · agony · fright · startle · shock · desperation · scream · cry · outburst · hysteria
- screech owlsSmall raptors with piercing calls
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