scraich

/skreɪx/
noun
  1. A loud, harsh, screeching sound or cry.
    • The scraich of the rusty gate made everyone jump.
    • A sudden scraich came from the forest, startling the campers.
    • The bird let out a scraich before flying away.
verb
  1. To make a loud, harsh, screeching sound or cry.
    • She heard a cat scraich in the alley late at night.
    • The old hinges scraich every time the door opens.
    • The children scraich with laughter as they played tag.
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