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Webster 1913 Edition
Screak
Webster 1828 Edition
Screak
SCREAK
,Verb.
I.
To utter suddenly a sharp shrill sound or outcry; to scream; as in a sudden fright; also, to creak, as a door or wheel. [See Screech.]
[When applied to things, we use creak, and when to persons, shriek, both of which are elegant.]
SCREAK
,Noun.
Definition 2024
screak
screak
English
Noun
screak (plural screaks)
Verb
screak (third-person singular simple present screaks, present participle screaking, simple past and past participle screaked)
- shriek; screech
- Mark Twain
- The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
- Mark Twain