screechy
Americanadjective
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like or suggesting screeching. screeching.
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producing screeches.
a screechy door.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of screechy
Example Sentences
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At that moment a screechy sound came from somewhere inside their own cardboard submarine.
From Literature
And then a screechy voice called out from afar.
From Literature
In one clip from “The Mike Douglas Show,” the siblings perform “Chopsticks” as a screechy violin duet.
From Los Angeles Times
Opening episodes of “The Office” presented Michael Scott as a screechy menace.
From Salon
“Rosa keeps bugging me to go, but it’s just screechy.”
From Los Angeles Times
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