shriek
English
/ʃɹiːk/
noun
Definitions
- A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
- (UK) An exclamation mark.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scrycke inherited from Proto-Germanic *skrīkijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skrīkijaną
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outshriek English
- screech English
- screecher English
- screecheth English
- screechy English
- shrieker English
- shriekest English
- shrieketh English
- shriekfest English
- shriekily English
- shriekiness English
- shriekling English
- shrieky English
- skrike English
- kirkua Finnish
- *skrīkijaną Proto-Germanic
- lavskrika Swedish
- skrika Swedish
- scrycke Middle English
- skriken Middle English
- skríkja Old Norse
- sgrech Welsh