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‖ skrik S. Afr. colloq.|skrɪk|
Also schreik, schrick, schrijk, schrik, scrick.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. schrik fright.]
A sudden fright, start; a shock or frisson. Freq. in phr. to get, have or give (someone) a skrik.
1887A. A. Anderson Twenty-Five Years in Waggon i. 21 They heard the rattling of wheels in a manner which made them think that the oxen must have had a ‘scrick’ (scare) from a lion. 1896H. A. Bryden Tales of S. Afr. 68 It gave me a very nasty schrijk at the time. 1897E. Glanville Tales from Veld xxiii. 173 Lor' bless yer, the schreik he gave me. 1899D. Blackburn Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp 30 Piet had a bad schrick, but he thought out a plan. 1913J. J. Doke Secret City xxx. 255 How you do frighten me. You gave me quite a schrik. 1942S. Cloete Hill of Doves xxxi. 440 ‘It's Reuter,’ someone said. ‘What are you doing to give us a skrik like this? It is a joke. It is Reuter.’ 1969A. Fugard Boesman & Lena i. 7 Remember that night the water came up so high?.. You got such a skrik you ran the wrong way. 1975Darling 12 Feb. 119 ‘Who, me?’ I tune him, meantime, feeling the skriks running up and down my spine. |