verb
- to make a harsh, shrill cry or sound
Usage: Scottish; dialectal
noun
- a harsh, shrill cry or sound
Usage: Scottish; dialectal
Examples
- The owl would scraich through the night from its perch in the old oak.
- She let out a scraich when she saw the mouse run across the floor.
- The scraich of the rusty gate echoed through the empty courtyard.
- The seagulls began to scraich as the fishing boats returned to harbor.
- His scraich of protest could be heard from across the field.