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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(Mancunian) To cry.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, _, dialect, Northern England) To shriek; to screech.
Origin: From , shrichen, scrichen, from the fusion of and ; both from . Cognate with , . Related to shriek. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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