screakyadj.

/ˈskriːki/

Forms: Also screeky, skreaky, skreeky, skrieky.

Etymology: < screak n. or screak v. + -y suffix¹.

Apt to screak.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > harsh and shrill (of sound) > creak

screaking1565

creaky1834

screaky1884

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxvii. 232 A melodeum—a sick one..pretty skreeky and colicky.

1892 Dial. Notes (U.S.) 5 231 (Kentucky Words) Skrieky, creaky.

1893 R. Bridges Humours of Court iii. ii. 2473 I'll shut him in the screeky cupboard.

1909 Dial. Notes 3 404 ‘My shoes are skreaky.’ ‘I hate skreaky doors.’

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Bats…making their screaky sounds. E. Knight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	screaky
释义	screakyadj. /ˈskriːki/ Forms: Also screeky, skreaky, skreeky, skrieky. Etymology: < screak n. or screak v. + -y suffix¹. Apt to screak. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > harsh and shrill (of sound) > creak screaking1565 creaky1834 screaky1884 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxvii. 232 A melodeum—a sick one..pretty skreeky and colicky. 1892 Dial. Notes (U.S.) 5 231 (Kentucky Words) Skrieky, creaky. 1893 R. Bridges Humours of Court iii. ii. 2473 I'll shut him in the screeky cupboard. 1909 Dial. Notes 3 404 ‘My shoes are skreaky.’ ‘I hate skreaky doors.’ 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Bats…making their screaky sounds. E. Knight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1884
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