screak
[ skreek ]
/ skrik /
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verb (used without object)
to screech.
to creak.
noun
a screech.
a creak.
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Origin of screak
1490–1500; <Scandinavian; compare Norwegian skrike,Danish skrige; cognate with Old Norse skrækja to screech; see screech
OTHER WORDS FROM screak
screaky, adjectiveWords nearby screak
scrawl, scrawler, scrawly, scrawny, scrawp, screak, scream, scream bloody murder, screamer, screaming, screaming-meemies
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Example sentences from the Web for screak
Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|VariousThe death howl began to catch its measure by the boom and screak of these two instruments.
Dust of the Desert|Robert Welles Ritchie
British Dictionary definitions for screak
screak
/ (skriːk) dialect, mainly US /
verb
(intr) to screech or creak
noun
a screech or creak
Derived forms of screak
screaky, adjectiveWord Origin for screak
C16: from Old Norse skrækja. See screech 1, shriek
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