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screak

[ skreek ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to screech.
  2. to creak.


noun

  1. a screech.
  2. a creak.

screak

/ ²õ°ì°ù¾±Ë°ì /

verb

  1. intr to screech or creak
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a screech or creak
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¦°ù±ð²¹°ì²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³¦°ù±ð²¹°ìy adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of screak1

1490–1500; < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian skrike, Danish skrige; cognate with Old Norse ²õ°ì°ùæ°ìÂá²¹ to screech; screech
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of screak1

C16: from Old Norse ²õ°ì°ùæ°ìÂá²¹. See screech 1, shriek
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The soprano screak of carriage wheels punished my ear.

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The rat stopped under a chair and let out a furious screak.

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She noticed it, and one evening looked back, and said: "Oh, you're not a bit more glad than I am, you screaking wretch!"

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The front gate screaked, a slow, timid, almost furtive sort of screak, and then banged suddenly shut as though it despaired of further concealment.

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Then only the distant rumble of the Elevated Railroad could be heard occasionally, or the far, seaward whistle of some steamer, or the scrape and screak of a street-car.

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