A South African term, from Afrikaans, for a sudden shock or fright — that jolt of alarm you get when something unexpected startles you. 'Schrik' is widely used in South African English regardless of home language and is one of the Afrikaans words most thoroughly absorbed into general South African informal speech. 'Giving someone a schrik' means to startle them; having a schrik is the experience of being startled.
The cat jumped out from behind the bin and gave her an absolute schrik.
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(South Africa) A shock; a sudden fright.
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