Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skrik

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: skrik
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shock; a fright.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

skriks (plural)

Questions

What does skrik mean?: A shock; a fright.
Where does skrik come from?: Perhaps from an Afrikaans derivative of Dutch schrik ("shock, terror").

How to pronounce skrik

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