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shout
[ shout ]
verb (used without object)
- to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
Synonyms: exclaim, vociferate, yell
Antonyms: whisper
- to speak or laugh noisily or unrestrainedly.
verb (used with object)
- to utter or yell (something) loudly.
- Australian. to treat (another) to a drink, meal, amusement, or the like.
noun
- a loud call or cry:
He gave a shout for help.
- a sudden loud outburst, as of laughter.
- the act of calling or crying out loudly.
shout
/ ʃaʊt /
noun
- a loud cry, esp to convey emotion or a command
- informal.
- a round, esp of drinks
- one's turn to buy a round of drinks
- informal.a greeting (to family, friends, etc) sent to a radio station for broadcasting
- informal.an occasion on which the members of an emergency service are called out on duty
verb
- to utter (something) in a loud cry; yell
- intr to make a loud noise
- informal.tr to treat (someone) to (something), esp a drink
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Derived Forms
- ˈshouter, noun
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Other Words From
- shouter noun
- half-shouted adjective
- un·shouted adjective
- un·shouting adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shout1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shout1
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Idioms and Phrases
- all over but the shouting
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Example Sentences
He did not shout “God is great,” but his random act served the purposes of ISIS almost as well.
Another shout-out might have been due to the organization that was leading the protests outside.
For James, wearing the shirt was “more of a shout-out to the family more than anything,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal.
One trucker did shout an obscenity, and a musclebound mechanic told them to go and do something useful like study.
For Mitch McConnell to shout gleefully requires some effort.
She did shout for joy, as with a sweeping stroke or two she lifted her body to the surface of the water.
A great shout—partly, no doubt, of disappointment—was given when the lions escaped.
Pearson was loading his gun as fast as possible, when he heard a loud shout, and cries of “Look out!”
They did not shout as they took their gifts; but still the murmur ran from mouth to mouth: "Bella Madonna, bella Madonna."
At long last one of the keepers at the entrance to the small cages begins to shout very loudly.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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