screak

4 definitions found

screak - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Screak \Screak\ (skr[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Screaked
     (skr[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Screaking.] [Cf. Icel.
     skraekja to screech. Cf. Creak, v., Screech.]
     To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to
     creak, as a door or wheel.
     [1913 Webster]

  Screak \Screak\, n.
     A creaking; a screech; a shriek. --Bp. Bull.
     [1913 Webster]

screak - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  screak
      v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked
           when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining
           noise" [syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak,
           screak, skreak]
      2: utter a harsh abrupt scream [syn: squawk, screak,
         skreak, skreigh, screech]

screak - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "screak":
     bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray,
     call, caterwaul, creak, cry, give tongue, give voice, howl, keen,
     low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, pipe, pule, roar,
     scream, screech, shriek, shrill, skirl, skreigh, squall, squawk,
     squeak, squeal, troat, ululate, ululation, wail, whicker, whine,
     whinny, whistle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl