0 a long, loud, high noise that is unpleasant to hear:
1 making a long, loud, high noise that is unpleasant to hear:
There was a crowd of screeching demonstrators outside the hotel.
The alarms use motion sensors and about 120 decibels of raucous screeching to scare thieves.
He engaged in daily episodes of loud screeching and other disruptive conduct such as hitting, pinching, kicking, biting, and removing his clothing.
Her tinnitus is two sounds - constant high-pitched screeching and a pulsating noise synchronized to the beat of her heart.
Neatly coiffed, Chanel-clad ladies turn into screeching harridans.
Screeching combustion is usually detected in engine tests by monitoring the sound pressure level near the wall of the jet pipe.
Juxtaposed with passages of screeching upper-winds, the theme conjures a much deeper sound domain.