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skriks

skriks is the plural 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

Questions about skriks

What is skriks the plural of?
Skriks is the plural of skrik.

Words near skriks in the dictionary

  1. skrik
  2. skrike
  3. skriked
  4. skrikes
  5. skriking
  6. skriks
  7. skrill
  8. skrilla
  9. skrim
  10. skrimmage
  11. skrimmaged

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