skreak
1. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- The door creaked when I opened it slowly
- My car engine makes a whining noise
• Syn:
whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak
• Derivationally related forms:
creaking (for: creak), creak (for: creak), screech (for: screech), screeching (for: screech), squeak (for: squeak), squeaker (for: squeak)
• Hypernyms:
make noise, resound, noise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Cars skreak in the streets
- The streets skreak with cars
2. utter a harsh abrupt scream
• Syn:
squawk, screak, skreigh, screech
• Derivationally related forms:
screech (for: screech), screecher (for: screech), squawk (for: squawk), squawker (for: squawk)
• Hypernyms:
shout, shout out, cry, call, yell,
scream, holler, hollo, squall
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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