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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.
However, not everybody is supportive of the right to kiss the cod. A Screech-In is a ceremony where non-Newfoundlanders or come-from-aways are inducted into Newfoundland culture by downing a shot of Screech rum, repeating some phrases in a Newfie dialect and kissing a cod.owever, the ceremony that most are familiar with today was born in the mid-70s and evolved out of Newfoundland-themed parties. Since then, the Screech-In has become a huge business boom for some and a headache for others. Newfoundland Screech. Screech is a Jamaican-produced rum that is bottled in Newfoundland.