(n) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry, Syn. screaming, scream, screeching, shriek, shrieking, Example:he ducked at the screechings of shells; he heard the scream of the brakes
[れっぱく, reppaku] (n) (1) cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; (2) shrieking sound; woman's scream; loud scream; (3) (See ホトトギス) cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)