shrike
pronunciation
How to pronounce shrike in British English:
UK [ʃraɪk]
How to pronounce shrike in American English:
US [ʃraɪk]
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- Noun:
- any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
Word Origin
- shrike (n.)
- 1540s, apparently from a survival of Old English scric "a shrike or thrush," literally "bird with a shrill call," probably echoic of its cry and related to shriek (compare Old Norse skrikja "shrieker, shrike," German schrik "moor hen," Swedish skrika "jay").
Example
- 1. The shrike lives in lightly wooded country .
- 2. Brown shrike feeding a juvenile long-tailed shrike .
- 3. Shrike says that art is the answer , as art is distilled from suffering .