SCREAK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screak mean? 

• SCREAK (verb)
  The verb SCREAK has 2 senses:

1. make a high-pitched, screeching noise

2. utter a harsh abrupt scream

  Familiarity information: SCREAK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREAK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a high-pitched, screeching noise

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

creak; screak; screech; skreak; squeak; whine

Context example:

My car engine makes a whining noise

Hypernyms (to "screak" is one way to...):

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Cars screak in the streets
The streets screak with cars

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter a harsh abrupt scream

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

screak; screech; skreak; skreigh; squawk

Hypernyms (to "screak" is one way to...):

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s