screak
Americanverb (used without object)
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to screech.
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to creak.
noun
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a screech.
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a creak.
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- screaky adjective
Etymology
Origin of screak
1490–1500; < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian skrike, Danish skrige; cognate with Old Norse skrækja to screech; see screech
Example Sentences
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The rat stopped under a chair and let out a furious screak.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
The soprano screak of carriage wheels punished my ear.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
The front gate screaked, a slow, timid, almost furtive sort of screak, and then banged suddenly shut as though it despaired of further concealment.
From Stubble by Looms, George
He come in so easy, suh, dat Miss Vallie ain't hear 'im, but I hear de do' screak, an' I know'd 'twuz him.
From International Short Stories American by Various
Along the brick sidewalk stretched a line of ageing wooden pickets and about midway in their extent hung the wooden gate with the screak.
From Stubble by Looms, George
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