skriken.
/skrʌɪk/ Now only dialect: see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Scrike.
1. A shrill cry, a screech; = screak n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek
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skriking1340
shrikingc1374
shritchingc1374
skrikea1400
blaringc1440
shritch1470
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
screak1513
skirl1513
wauling1533
wrawling1533
screamingc1540
scritch1548
skreighc1550
shright1558
screech1560
screaking1565
screeching1589
shriek1590
shrill1591
shirl1598
shrieking1602
screama1616
squalling1677
squall1709
squeal1747
skelloch1808
skreighing1816
skirling1820
sharming1823
shriekery1865
squee1938
a1400 Coer de L. 4709 The Crystene men gunne make a scryke: Anon they wunnen ovyr the dyke.
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 491 A grete scryke up he nam.
a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 59 The ia him skrippit with a skryke.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 910 A wonderfull noyse Skremyt vp to the skrow with a skryke ffelle.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xv. 37 Jesus..gaue a great skryke, and therwith yelded vp the ghost.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xix. 190 You will haue mee fill my Fathers house with cryes and skrikes.
1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 107 The savagest scrike ever uttered by a raving giant.
2. skrike of day, the dawn. Cf. screak n. 3.
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?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 4 I geet up be skrike o' Dey.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs.
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skrikev.
/skrʌɪk/ Now only dialect: see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Scrike.
1. intransitive. To utter a shrill harsh cry; = screak v. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek
screama1200
shrikec1200
shreamc1230
shritcha1250
scritcha1300
squeala1300
skrike1340
skirlc1400
wrawlc1440
sharmc1485
screak?a1500
shrighta1542
shriek1567
screech1577
waul1601
bawl1605
squall1688
skreigh1718
screel1730
skelloch1808
squalino1810
to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828
rescream1858
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7347 Þe devils ay omang on þam salle stryke, And þe synfulle þare-with ay cry and skryke.
c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 744 Senge braie, Ape scrikith.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1609 Loude þay cryede & skryȝte an hye: ‘Mahoun wat is þy red?’
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 1671 He woke wt þat & scrykede for fere.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Douce) 129 Þe birdes in þe bowes, Þat one þe goost glowes, Þei skryke [Ireland scryken] in þe skowes.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 35 For all if she stryke, Yit fast will she skryke.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. G4 He is such a sneaking fellowe, that..touch him and he will scrike.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iv. sig. Cc3v The litle babe did loudly scrike and squall. View more context for this quotation
a1600 Floddan Field (1664) i. 8 Their names make..children skrike.
2. To weep, cry.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)]
greetc725
weepc900
tearc950
plore1373
beweepc1374
to put one's finger in one's eye1447
waterc1450
lachryme1490
cryc1532
lerma1533
tricklec1540
to water one's plants1542
to show tears1553
shower1597
issuea1616
lachrymate1623
sheda1632
pipe1671
to take a pipe1671
to pipe one's eye (also eyes)?1789
twine1805
to let fall1816
whinnya1825
blub1866
slobber1875
blart1896
skrike1904
water-cart1914
1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 487/1 Hoo skrite't so when hur mother deed I thow't hoo'd ne'er ha done.
1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 487/1 I can tell by yur een as yo'n bin skrikin'.
1977 P. Carter Under Goliath xxvi. 142 I stood there..skriking my eyes out like a mammy's boy... I really cried my eyes out in the loft.
1978 Lancashire Life Apr. 42/3 Second un poor little soul Did nuthin' else but skrike.
Derivatives
ˈskriking n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek
squealingc1325
skriking1340
shrikingc1374
shritchingc1374
skrikea1400
blaringc1440
shritch1470
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
screak1513
skirl1513
wauling1533
wrawling1533
screamingc1540
scritch1548
skreighc1550
shright1558
screech1560
screaking1565
screeching1589
shriek1590
shrill1591
shirl1598
shrieking1602
screama1616
squalling1677
squall1709
squeal1747
skelloch1808
skreighing1816
skirling1820
sharming1823
shriekery1865
squee1938
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7352 Þare salle be swilk rareyng and ruschyng..And skrykyng of synfulle.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 450/2 Scrykynge, of chyldyr, vagitus.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10182 The skrew for þe skrykyng & skremyng of folke, Redoundet with dyn drede for to here.
1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 112 Notwithstanding his pitifull lamentation and skrikings.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 235 They shall never more bee heard, tho with much violence they throw their scrikings into the Aire.
1937 J. R. R. Tolkien Hobbit iv. 76 The yells and yammering, croaking, jibbering and jabbering; howls, growls and curses; shrieking and skriking, that followed were beyond description.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 186 In the area of Blackburn, Bolton, Manchester, Stockport, and Halifax the term ‘skriking’ [sc. for ‘crying’] is common, the noun being ‘skriker’.
ˈskriking adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > shriek, screech, or scream
scritching1577
shriekinga1586
skriking1632
skirling1786
screechy1834
shrieky1848
screecha1854
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 401 A scriking noyse, as if it had beene the chirking of Frogs.
ˈskriker n. a person who skrikes.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek > person
wrawlerc1440
screaker1549
shreamer1573
screecher1585
squaller1688
shrieker1708
screamer1712
squealer1864
skriker1891
1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 149 Others used to call it the ‘Scriker’ because of the awful scrikes (shrieks) it uttered.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 186 In the area of Blackburn, Bolton, Manchester, Stockport, and Halifax the term ‘skriking’ [sc. for ‘crying’] is common, the noun being ‘skriker’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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