Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds.
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- noun Plural form of
screecher .
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Examples
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Nite Owl and Silk Spectre II don't use high-pitched "screechers" to disable the inmates and prison guards, they just beat the shit out of them.
unknown title 2009
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That's why it was cool, calm Stella who won, not any of the screechers, just as it was elegant Rebecca who came closest to winning The X Factor.
So girls are not all as nice as pie. And your point is? | Barbara Ellen 2011
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PAPERS PLEASE! screechers manage to change their mind even after being shown that the various bases for their outrage was incorrect.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law 2010
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Will you righty screechers then be screeching that we're cut & run cowards.
Obama: Decision on U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan 'soon' 2009
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And if the electorate were comprised mostly of Internet screechers and cable news anchors, they might be right.
Illinois Politics 2010
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Right wing screechers and liars dominate the news cycle in the US.
Keith Olbermann abruptly dropped by NBC | Richard Adams 2011
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Everything they think they know about this country comes from a Saudi-backed Australian Nazi, the pulpit of a televangelist, or one of the screechers on hate-radio.
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And if the electorate were comprised mostly of Internet screechers and cable news anchors, they might be right.
Immigration 2010
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I was recently at a Tribeca tavern where the crowd kicking back on a Friday after work included the requisite screechers.
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The same evening I fled to an East 9th Street Italian that attracts more of an altecocker crowd, anticipating a lively conversation with a charming friend -- but no! the screechers had followed me.
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