screamer

American  

[skree-mer] / ˈskri mər /

noun

1. a person or thing that screams.

2. Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.

3. Printing Slang. an exclamation point.

4. Journalism.

   1. a sensational headline.

   2. banner.

5. Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.

6. Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call.

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screamer British  

/ ˈskriːmə /

noun

1. a person or thing that screams

2. any goose-like aquatic bird, such as Chauna torquata ( crested screamer ), of the family Anhimidae of tropical and subtropical South America: order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, etc)

3. someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment

4. slang a sensational headline

5. slang

   1. a person or thing that is excellent of its kind

   2. See two-pot screamer

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Etymology

Origin of screamer

First recorded in 1705–15; scream + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Finally, there was The Screamer, a layup with 29 seconds remaining in overtime that gave the Lakers an insurmountable five-point lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

“We’re not supposed to be down here,” Ms. Screamer bleats.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2020

In the foreground a man flees wildly, “clutching his head,” as Morrison observes, “like Edvard Munch’s Screamer, his face a cartoon of gibbering existential terror.”

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2012

"Worth their weight in gold," said Dan Wehmeier, social media manager for The Screamer Company, a creative and marketing agency in Austin, Texas.

From Inc • May 17, 2012

He carried Screamer to the hack board, a food platform on stilts.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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