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verb
To shriek; to screech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, UK, dialectal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To cry (shed tears)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Manchester
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History
From Middle English skriken, shrichen, scrichen, from the fusion of Old English scriccettan (“to screech”) and Old Norse skríkja (“to shriek”); both from Proto-Germanic *skrik- (“to cry; shriek”). Cognate with Icelandic skríkja (“to chirp; twitter”), Danish skrige (“to shriek”). Related to shriek.
