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Definition of screech. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1 : to utter a high shrill piercing cry : make an outcry usually in terror or pain. 3  2 : to make a shrill high-pitched sound resembling a screech; also : to move with such a sound the car screeched to a stop.  transitive 1  verb. : to utter with or as if with a screech.
A man kissing a cod during a screech-in ceremony. Newfoundland Screech is a rum sold in Newfoundland with 40% alcohol by volume. The term screech is a colloquial term that has been used to describe almost any cheap, high alcohol spirit, including moonshine.The term is used in the brand name for this mid-priced rum to associate the brand with this tradition. cod fish â or any other fish ugly enough to suitably replace the cod â is then held up to lip-level of each participant, who then bestows the fish with a kiss. Frozen fish are used most commonly in the screech-ins which take place on George St., though occasionally a fresher specimen, if available, will be used.