scraight
(UK, regional) To cry; to clobber; to conk.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, regional) To cry; to clobber; to conk.
''An' stop they scraightin' childt, Do shut thy face!'' - From "The Collier's Wife", a dialect poem by D. H. Lawrence
Origin: Related to skrike. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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