screeching

adj : loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of

screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming

fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching

brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking winds"

[syn: {screaming(a)}, {screeching(a)}, {shrieking(a)}]

n 1: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at

the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the

brakes" [syn: {screech}, {shriek}, {shreiking}, {scream},

{screaming}]

2: sharp piercing cry [syn: {scream}, {screaming}, {shriek}, {shrieking},

{screech}]