screeching

Definition of Screeching in English :

a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

Example Sentences:
'he ducked at the screechings of shells'
'he heard the scream of the brakes'

sharp piercing cry

Example Sentences:
'her screaming attracted the neighbors'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Screeching

adjective

1.

producing a shrill, harsh, or high-pitched cry

The screeching gulls circling the fishing boats grated on her nerves.

A group of screeching children ran by.

2.

producing a shrill, harsh, or high-pitched sound

Bronka is infamous for his screeching electric guitar work.

I heard screeching brakes.

3. to come to a screeching halt

n.

1. A high-pitched, strident cry.

2. A sound suggestive of this cry: the screech of train brakes.

v. screeched, screech·ing, screech·es

v.tr.

To utter in a screech or high-pitched voice.

v.intr.

1. To cry out in a high-pitched, strident voice.

2. To make a sound suggestive of a screech: Tires screeched on the wet pavement.