← BackshareGuessscraighing/skreɪɪŋ/verbMaking a harsh, high-pitched, screeching sound, like a bird or animal.The peacock was scraighing loudly in the garden.We heard something scraighing in the barn late at night.The parrot kept scraighing until someone gave it a treat.SynonymsshriekscreechscreamcryAntonymswhisper