Screak

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 2
    utter a harsh abrupt scream wordnet
  3. 3
    make a high-pitched, screeching noise wordnet

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