Read full poem →Of an impish dance on a red-hot griddle
To the screech and scrape of a corn-stalk fiddle.
Dictionary Entry
A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
Origin
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Common Phrases
owl screech. screechowls screechscreech easternscreech loudscreech littlescreech western
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Poetry examples for “screech”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And he took an old cracked lute;
And he sang a song which was more of a screech
'Gainst a woman that was a brute.
Read full poem →And bait me and bay me, far sorer I vow
Than the Screech of the Owl
Or the witch-wolf's long howl,
Read full poem →Those whispering guns--O Christ, I want to go out
And screech at them to stop--I'm going crazy;
I'm going stark, staring mad because of the guns.
Read full poem →The archway also upheld two flaming funeral urns with buzzard contours,
and a stone eagle preparing to screech. There was a dog-eared scroll
inscribed, “His faith in the people never wavered.” Around all was,