"skrike" meaning in English

See skrike in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /skɹaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skrike.wav Forms: skrikes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English skrike, scryke (also skryche, schryke, shryke). Cognate with Old Frisian skrichte, Middle Low German schrichte. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skrike}} Middle English skrike, {{cog|ofs|skrichte}} Old Frisian skrichte, {{cog|gml|schrichte}} Middle Low German schrichte Head templates: {{en-noun}} skrike (plural skrikes)
  1. (UK, regional) A cry or scream. Tags: UK, regional
    Sense id: en-skrike-en-noun-PxMZwk8g Categories (other): British English, Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 23 21 8 6 8 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 23 21 8 6 8 9 2
  2. (UK, dialect) The mistle thrush. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Thrushes
    Sense id: en-skrike-en-noun-Fw9A6nzO Disambiguation of Thrushes: 27 48 25 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 23 21 8 6 8 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 23 21 8 6 8 9 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: shrike
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /skɹaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skrike.wav Forms: skrikes [present, singular, third-person], skriking [participle, present], skriked [participle, past], skriked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English skriken, a borrowing from Old Norse skríkja (“to scream”) (compare Old English sċrīċ, sċrēċ > English shriek/screech), literally "bird with a shrill call," referring to a thrush, possibly imitative of its call. Attested from c 1573. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skriken}} Middle English skriken, {{der|en|non|skríkja||to scream}} Old Norse skríkja (“to scream”), {{cog|ang|sċrīċ}} Old English sċrīċ, {{cog|en|shriek}} English shriek Head templates: {{en-verb}} skrike (third-person singular simple present skrikes, present participle skriking, simple past and past participle skriked)
  1. (British, regional) To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream. Tags: British, regional
    Sense id: en-skrike-en-verb-uNAvCkln Categories (other): British English, Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 23 21 8 6 8 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 23 21 8 6 8 9 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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