Definition of Skreak

1. Verb. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. "The streets skreak with cars "; "My car engine makes a whining noise"

Exact synonyms: Creak, Screak, Screech, Squeak, Whine
Generic synonyms: Make Noise, Noise, Resound
Derivative terms: Creak, Creaking, Screech, Screeching, Squeak, Squeaker

2. Verb. Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
Exact synonyms: Screak, Screech, Skreigh, Squawk
Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Holler, Hollo, Scream, Shout, Shout Out, Squall, Yell
Derivative terms: Screech, Screecher, Squawk, Squawker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skreak

skordalia
skorodite
skorpion
skort
skorts
skosh
skoshes
skotison
skototropism
skototropisms
skout
skouts
skowitz
skran
skrans
skreak (current term)
skreegh
skreeghed
skreeghing
skreeghs
skreen
skreened
skreening
skreens
skreigh
skreighed
skreighing
skreighs
skriech
skrieched

Literary usage of Skreak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1876)
"That is a magnificent idea—swapping your lady-love for despair. And skreak is good too— very good. " Good phrases are surely and ever were very commendable. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"And skreak is good too — very good. " Good phrases are surely and ever were very commendable." Mallett. And yet, after all, laugh as we may over these ..."

3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1878)
"... following at about six and seven a clock at night, and then died, after great pain and sore strugling in his fitts, with great skreak- ing. ..."

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