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skriek

skriek is the alternative form of skrik.

Meaning of skrik

Noun

skrik (plural skriks)

  1. (South Africa) A shock; a fright.
    • I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik.2005, Morag Vlaming, Gogo's Magic, page 89

Forms of skriek

pluralskrieks

Questions about skriek

What is skriek the alternative form of?
Skriek is the alternative form of skrik.

Words near skriek in the dictionary

  1. skried
  2. skriegh
  3. skrieghed
  4. skrieghing
  5. skrieghs
  6. skriek
  7. skrieks
  8. skries
  9. skrik
  10. skrike
  11. skriked

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