screech out

verb

To drive so suddenly and so quickly as to make the tires screech.

“The cop car screeched out of the parking lot.”

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Meanings

verbscreech out (third-person singular simple present screeches out, present participle screeching out, simple past and past participle screeched out)

present singular third person screeches out · participle present screeching out · participle past screeched out · past screeched out

  1. informalintransitiveTo drive so suddenly and so quickly as to make the tires screech.

    The cop car screeched out of the parking lot.

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APA

screech out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screech%20out

MLA

“screech out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screech%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screech out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screech%20out.

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