skrike (third-person singular simple present skrikes, present participle skriking, simple past and past participle skriked)
(British, regional) To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream.
skrike (plural skrikes)
(UK, regional) A cry or scream.
(UK, dialect) The missel thrush.
• Kikers, krieks, skriek
Source: Wiktionary
Skrike, v. i. & t.
Definition: To shriek. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Skrike, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
