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View synonyms for screak

screak

[ skreek ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to screech.
  2. to creak.

noun

  1. a screech.
  2. a creak.

screak

/ skriːk /

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

  • ˈscreaky, adjective
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Other Words From

  • screaky adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of screak1

1490–1500; < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian skrike, Danish skrige; cognate with Old Norse skrækja to screech; screech
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Word History and Origins

Origin of screak1

C16: from Old Norse skrækja. See screech 1, shriek
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Example Sentences

Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.

The death howl began to catch its measure by the boom and screak of these two instruments.

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