Screak
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 shriek; screech
"She did not run against chairs nor move a stool so that the legs emitted a "screak" of agony, and she could sit still for an hour at a time if she had a book."
Verb
- 1 shriek; screech
"The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up."
- 2 utter a harsh abrupt scream wordnet
- 3 make a high-pitched, screeching noise wordnet
Example
More examples"She did not run against chairs nor move a stool so that the legs emitted a "screak" of agony, and she could sit still for an hour at a time if she had a book."
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