screeching (
http://definr.com/screeching)
adj : loud and sustained; shrill and piercing; "hordes of
screaming fans"; "a screaming jet plane"; "a screaming
fury of sound"; "a screeching parrot"; "screeching
brakes"; "a horde of shrieking fans"; "shrieking winds"
[syn:
screaming(a),
screeching(a),
shrieking(a)]
n 1: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
brakes" [syn:
screech,
shriek,
shrieking,
scream,
screaming]
2: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
[syn:
scream,
screaming,
shriek,
shrieking,
screech]