screech

/skriːtʃ/ verb

Definition

› [I, T] to make an unpleasant, high, loud sound: A car came screeching around the corner. She was screeching at him at the top of her voice.

screech to a halt/stop › If a vehicle screeches to a halt, it suddenly stops, making an unpleasant, high sound.

screech noun [C] › We could hear the screech of brakes.

(Definition of screech verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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