SCREAKING

Verb

screaking

present participle of screak

Anagrams

• creakings

Source: Wiktionary


SCREAK

Screak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Screaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Screaking.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. skrækja to screech. Cf. Creak, v., Screech.]

Definition: To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.

Screak, n.

Definition: A creaking; a screech; a shriek. Bp. Bull.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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