scrike

English

Etymology

From Middle English skriken, shrichen, scrichen, from the fusion of Old English scriccettan (“to screech”) and Old Norse skríkja (“to shriek”); both from Proto-Germanic *skrik- (“to cry; shriek”). Cognate with Icelandic skríkja (“to chirp; twitter”), Danish skrige (“to shriek”). Related to shriek.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪk

Verb

scrike (third-person singular simple present scrikes, present participle scriking, simple past and past participle scriked)

1. (UK dialect, Northern England) To shriek; to screech.
2. (Manchester) To cry (shed tears)

Anagrams

• Reicks, Rickes, Riecks, crikes, ickers, sicker