Screech

skrēch, v.i. to utter a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.— n. a harsh, shrill, and sudden cry.— ns. Screech′er , the swift; Screech′-hawk , the night-jar; Screech′-mar′tin , the swift; Screech′-owl , a kind of screeching owl: the mi el-thrush: the barn-owl; Screech′-thrush , the mi el-thrush.— adj. Screech′y , shrill and harsh, like a screech: loud-mouthed. [M. E. scriken —Scand., Ice. shrækja , to shriek; cf. Gael. sgreach , to shriek.]