Reverse Dictionary: SCREECH

ADJECTIVES
► SCREIGH shrill, screeching → 1869 Sc.
► SCRITCHY screechy → 1959 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► QUAICH a wild scream, a screech → 1866 Sc.
► QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk → 1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SHRITCH a screech, a shriek → 1470-85 obs.
► SKREIGH a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream → 1549 Sc.

VERBS
► QUARK ► QUAWK ► QUORK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately → 1820 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
► SCREAK ► SCREEK ► SKREAK ► SKREEK to shriek, to scream, to screech → 1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SCREET to screech, to scream; to make a shrill sound → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCRITCH to screech → 1892 Amer. dial.
► SCROINOCH to shout, to screech, to yell; to make a noisy disturbance → 1820 Sc.
► SHRITCH to shriek, to screech → a1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SKREIGH to screech or shriek; to utter a loud shrill cry; to make a screeching noise → 1715 Sc.