scrike
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English skriken, shrichen, scrichen, from the fusion of Old English scriccettan (“to screech”) and Old Norse skríkja (“to shriek”); both from Proto-Germanic *skrik- (“to cry; shriek”). Cognate with Icelandic skríkja (“to chirp; twitter”), Danish skrige (“to shriek”). Related to shriek.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɪk
Verb edit
scrike (third-person singular simple present scrikes, present participle scriking, simple past and past participle scriked)
- (UK dialect, Northern England) To shriek; to screech.
- (Manchester) To cry (shed tears)