skrik, verb

/skrək/
Forms:
schrik, scrickShow more Also schrik, scrick, scrik, skreck.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch verschrikken to scare.
colloquial
a. intransitive. To become frightened, to start.
c1881 A. Douglass Ostrich Farming 61The great secret is to take things quietly, and never to gallop after a bird; when he ‘scricks’ and runs away, if you can cut him off and turn him, well and good.
c1881 A. Douglass Ostrich Farming 189Even if the dogs do not chase the birds..the birds will ‘scrik’ from them at night, and many are thus killed or injured.
1895 H. Rider Haggard Nada 2The oxen had ‘skrecked’ in a mob.
[1916 S. Black in S. Gray Three Plays (1984) 190He’s not afraid of the chief! Aapie! — lekker ga schrik, ne!]
1982 Fugard & Devenish Marigolds in Aug. 44Daan:..You skrik easy. Milton: You gave me a fright.
b. transitive. ?obsolete. To frighten (someone).
1892 The Jrnl 10 Sept. 3The Britstown Era comes out with a deep dark headline..‘The dread messenger’...The Era should be more careful about ‘Schrikking’ folks.
To become frightened, to start.
To frighten (someone).
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18811982
skrik, nounn.skut, nounn.
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