noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A shriek or screech.

   "[…] and his calls of the female would readily be mistaken by a stranger for the screakings of an ungreased wheel-barrow."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of screak form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

squawksqueakbarkbawlbaybell

Example

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"[…] and his calls of the female would readily be mistaken by a stranger for the screakings of an ungreased wheel-barrow."

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