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Wiktionary

  1. v. present participle of screech.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
  2. n. sharp piercing cry

Etymologies

  1. Alteration of obsolete scrich, from Middle English scrichen, to screech, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skrækja.

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‘screeching’ has been looked up 689 times, added to 6 lists, and has a Scrabble score of 18.