What does screak mean?
Screak means shriek; screech.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
shriek; screech.
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.
The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
They walk together in silence while behind them a freight train chuffs and screaks through the crossing.
Which'll jar your bones, Jim!...sap your breath...distort your hearing for your own concrete thoughts 'til they screak like the muddled static of distant homily.
He finally does the hit next to the factory, causing the birds to screak and batter their cages.
Use screak when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Screak means shriek; screech.
Common synonyms include squeak, squawk, screech, creak.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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