skrik

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noun

A shock; a fright.

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Meanings

nounskrik (plural skriks)

plural skriks

  1. South AfricaA shock; a fright.

    I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik.

    2005, Morag Vlaming, Gogo's Magic, page 89

Origin

Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror").

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

skrik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skrik

MLA

“skrik.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skrik. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skrik,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skrik.

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