screech

IPA: skrˈitʃ

(countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
(countable) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
(Newfoundlander, uncountable) Newfoundland rum.
(uncountable) A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.

To make such a sound.
(intransitive, figuratively) To travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released.

Examples of "screech" in Sentences

Hans catches the word screech and takes it as his cue.
Becoming just as predictable as her screech is the director's cutaway to reveal Magnus 'kicks.
In 2004 Dean was made beat up about a so-called screech, even though he came in third in Iowa.
Julie, 44, recalls, 'I remember he was making an awful, high-pitched screech, which is one of the signs of meningitis.
The old man enquired why I seemed so much terrified, and my brothers told him that I would persist in calling a screech-owl, a catamount.
As my spirit passed through the last stage to death, I felt a warmth spread throughout my entire body and heard a piercing screech from a faraway place called life.
In that interview, the producer also revealed that Gordon-Levitt will have his own take on the character's famous high-pitched screech from the 80's animated series.