Skrike

Origin

From Old Norse skríkja ("to scream") or Old English scric, literally "bird with a shrill call," referring to a thrush, possibly imitative of its call. Attested from c 1573.

Full definition of skrike

Verb

1. (British, regional) To cry out or yell; to scream.

Noun

1. (UK, regional) A cry or scream.
• c 1573, attested by James Raineat what tyme the said Herrison wyfe gave a skrike.
• 1824, Allan's Tynside Songs, p. 182Aw gav a skrike.
2. (UK, dialect) The missel thrush.