Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See scrike.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The missel thrush.
  • verb obsolete To shriek.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb UK, regional To cry out or yell; to scream.
  • noun UK, regional A cry or scream.
  • noun UK, dialect The missel thrush.

Etymologies

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From Old Norse skrikja, "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.

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  • Yorkshire - cry or scream.

    February 3, 2008