Screech vs Ululate - What's the difference?
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A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
(qualifier) Newfoundland rum.
A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.
To make such a sound.
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(figuratively) to travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released
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to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
to produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.
Screech is a related term of ululate.
As verbs the difference between screech and ululate
is that screech is to make such a sound while ululate is to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy.As a noun screech
is a high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.screech
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Noun
Derived terms
* screech bird * screecher * screech hawk * screech owlVerb
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citation, page= , passage=You've got to admire their balls. Real Madrid screeched after them: an entire herd, powerful and co-ordinated, salivating and breathing hard, murder in their eyes. So Barcelona moved the ball on, away from them. Forced back, it was played into Víctor Valdés, the goalkeeper, who slotted it to Carles Puyol, who gave it back again. }}
Anagrams
* Canadian Englishululate
English
Verb
(ululat)- Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual feminine ululation .
