THE O.E.D. IS GOD!

I like the word SCREAK. Although the definition is: "to make a harsh, shrill, sound", I have always thought of it as a cross between a shriek, a screech, and a scream. 

 It is an intransitive verb of Scandinavian origin and is pronounced "skreet".

When I used the word in a BLOG article, a friend called to tell me she thought it was a misspelling of "scream".   I answered that it was a correct spelling of screak and she said, "Spell-Check doesn't recognize it."  

I SCREAKED my answer:   "Spell-Check isn't God; the OED is GOD!"