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screel

screel [ skreel ] (past and past participle screeled, present participle screel·ing, 3rd person present singular screels)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. Caribbean screech: to utter a high-pitched grating cry

2. Caribbean whine: to complain

3. Caribbean screech: to squeal or scream

[Late 19th century. An imitation of the sound, or related to skirl]
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