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skrike
/skɹaɪk/
noun 2verb 1
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1VERB + SKRIKE
gave
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verb
1
To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream.
The yells and yammering, croaking, jibbering and jabbering; howls, growls and curses; shrieking and skriking, that followed were beyond description.
It's not as if you're skriking brats.
noun
1
A cry or scream.
c''' 1573, attested by J. Raine at what tyme the said Herrison wyfe gave a skrike.
Aw gav a skrike.
2
The mistle thrush.
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The yells and yammering, croaking, jibbering and jabbering; howls, growls and curses; shrieking and skriking, that followed were beyond description.
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It's not as if you're skriking brats.
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c''' 1573, attested by J. Raine at what tyme the said Herrison wyfe gave a skrike.
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Aw gav a skrike.
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