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(UK, regional) To cry out or yell; to scream.
(UK, regional) A cry or scream.
From Old Norse skríkja (“to scream”) or Old English scric, literally "bird with a shrill call," referring to a thrush, possibly imitative of its call. Attested from c 1573.
From Wiktionary