Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
scrike .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The missel thrush.
- verb obsolete To shriek.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb UK, regional To cry out or
yell ; toscream . - noun UK, regional A
cry orscream . - noun UK, dialect The
missel thrush .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He may skrike aw day if he likes -- for aw I care.
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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Shoo gave a skrike, an jam'd her elbow between James's ribs wi 'sich a foorce' at he fell on th 'floor like a log o' wood.
Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877
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Another poleese had come up, soa he gate his lantern an 'held it cloise to th' winder, an 'ther wor sich a skrike an' a skutter as yo nivver heeard nor saw.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Now haste thee, do! for I would fain cause Father Jordan to skrike out at me, and I have scarce time to get my work done ere the old drone shall come buzzing up this gait.
The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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I would fain hear the old snail skrike out at me, ` Avaunt, Sathanas! 'as he surely will. "
The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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But, as soon as Thwittler yerd th 'fiddle name't, he gav a sort of wild skrike, an' crope lower down into bed. "
Th' Barrel Organ Edwin Waugh 1853
gangerh commented on the word skrike
Yorkshire - cry or scream.
February 3, 2008