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[–] RudeMechanics 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wait, that? That's not how I understand it. A syllable is an individual sound. "Boat" is 1 syllable. "Circumnavigate" is 5. Scree-ched would be 2 syllables. Screeched the way I say it is one.

Regardless, here in the US, "screeched" is just one sound.

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[–] ChrissiTea 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

wtf google definitions why are you lying to me

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[–] RudeMechanics 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

"A unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants."

Google has failed you.