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screamer

[ skree-mer ]

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. Compare scare-head ( def ).
    1. a sensational headline.
  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. horned screamer ( def ).


screamer

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of screamer1

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

The screamer: “INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY INSULTED REAGAN.”

Under intense media pressure, Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer later revealed himself to be the screamer.

"Well, you are a screamer, and no mistake," exclaimed he at length.

It produced one for Windy—a screamer, flying with the speed of a rifle bullet.

It will be as well to stop that young screamer though, in case I should be tempted to do him a mischief.

Before she reached the crest, she was aware of muffled screams, which sounded as if the screamer was shut up in a trunk.

And he proceeded to smack a perfect screamer down the middle of the course—two hundred and fifty yards if it was an inch.

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