screechy

/ˈskɹit͡ʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

adj

"a screechy sound"
"Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern."
"She has a screechy voice that really grates on my nerves, like a dentist's drill."

Etymology tree English screech Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English screechy From screech + -y.

screechier (comparative) screechiest (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce screechy?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskɹit͡ʃi/.

What does screechy mean?

Resembling a screech.

Where does screechy come from?

How to pronounce screechy

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