skreak

Other forms of skreak

past tense

skreaked·

present participle

skreaking·

third person

skreaks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about skreak

What does skreak mean?

skreak means "make a high-pitched, screeching noise". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skreak?

skreak has 2 syllables: skre-ak. The stress falls on "ak".

What is another word for skreak?

Close synonyms include whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skreak a common word?

skreak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.