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skrik

skrik noun: a shock; a fright.

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 skrik

pluralskriks

Origin of skrik

Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror").

Questions about skrik

What does skrik mean?
Skrik means a shock; a fright.
What part of speech is skrik?
Skrik is a noun.
What is the plural of skrik?
The plural of skrik is skriks.

Words near skrik in the dictionary

  1. skrieghing
  2. skrieghs
  3. skriek
  4. skrieks
  5. skries
  6. skrik
  7. skrike
  8. skriked
  9. skrikes
  10. skriking
  11. skriks

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