Definition of Skrik

1. a fright [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skrik

skreened
skreening
skreens
skreigh
skreighed
skreighing
skreighs
skriech
skrieched
skriechs
skried
skriegh
skrieghed
skrieghs
skries
skrik (current term)
skrike
skriked
skrikes
skriking
skriks
skrill
skrim
skrimmage
skrimp
skrimped
skrimping
skrimps
skrite
skronk

Literary usage of Skrik

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

1. Adventure Guide Scandinavia by Henrik Berezin (2006)
"His skrik (The Scream) is one of the most recognized paintings in the world. ... In August of 2004, skrik and Madonna, two of the most valuable paintings in ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1899)
"The radical is skrik, "to leap, to move suddenly, to start." A cognate idea resides in the Modern German sich entsetzen, " to be startled ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... to gnash the teeth ; extended from i/ SKAR, to make a noise. See Scream. Der. screech, sb., answering to Swed. skrik, Dan. skrig, ..."

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