skrik

Etymology

Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror").

Noun

skrik (plural skriks)

1. (South Africa) A shock; a fright.
   • 2005, Morag Vlaming, Gogo's Magic (page 89)

     I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik.

Anagrams

• kirks

Noun

skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika or skrikene)

1. cry; scream, shriek
2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

Verb

skrik

1. imperative of skrike

References

• “skrik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skriːk/

Noun

skrik n (definite singular skriket, indefinite plural skrik, definite plural skrika)

1. cry; scream, shriek
2. an item, usually a piece of fashion, when used in the idiomatic phrase "siste skrik" (latest fashion)

References

• “skrik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Verb

skrik

1. imperative of skrika.

Etymology

Related to Dutch schrik, German Schrecken

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrɪk/

Noun

skrik c (pl skrikken)

1. fear