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
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 soprano screak of carriage wheels punished my ear.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
The rat stopped under a chair and let out a furious screak.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Then only the distant rumble of the Elevated Railroad could be heard occasionally, or the far, seaward whistle of some steamer, or the scrape and screak of a street-car.
From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Eleanor Gates
She did not run against chairs nor move a stool so that the legs emitted a "screak" of agony, and she could sit still for an hour at a time if she had a book.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
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 George Looms
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