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crisser

to screech

verb kree-SEH Rare

Also means

to scrape

Usage Note

Crisser describes the high-pitched scraping or screeching sound made by tyres on tarmac, chalk on a blackboard, or sand underfoot. It is an expressive, onomatopoeic verb with no direct single-word English equivalent. The noun un crissement refers to the scraping or screeching sound itself.

Examples

"Les pneus ont crissé au carrefour."

Natural Translation

The tyres screeched at the crossroads.

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