Bible Dictionaries
Screech

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v.) To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek.

(2):

(n.) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Screech'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/screech.html. 1828.