Written craik Sc. Irel. ; craak Cor.2 [krek, kreak, kriak.] 1. v. Of birds : to cry out harshly ; to croak.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.
(UK, regional, archaic) creak; shriek; squeak.
An archaic British regional word meaning to creak, shriek, or squeak — a harsh, grating noise. The word blends the sounds it describes (squeak + shriek + creak) into a single expressive term. Found in older British dialect writing and now largely obsolete in everyday speech.
(intransitive) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.