screamer

[ skree-mer ]

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noun

a person or thing that screams.
Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.

Printing Slang. an exclamation point.
Journalism.
- a sensational headline.
- banner (def. 7). : Compare scarehead.
Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.
Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call.

Origin of screamer

First recorded in 1705–15; scream + -er¹

Compare horned screamer.

Words Nearby screamer

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How to use screamer in a sentence

The screamer: “INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY INSULTED REAGAN.”
Drudge's Anti-Newt Assault | Howard Kurtz | January 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Under intense media pressure, Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer later revealed himself to be the screamer.
The Pain of Bart Stupak | Sandra McElwaine | March 27, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
"Well, you are a screamer, and no mistake," exclaimed he at length.
Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. Smedley
It produced one for Windy—a screamer, flying with the speed of a rifle bullet.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
It will be as well to stop that young screamer though, in case I should be tempted to do him a mischief.
Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 | Various

Before she reached the crest, she was aware of muffled screams, which sounded as if the screamer was shut up in a trunk.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
And he proceeded to smack a perfect screamer down the middle of the course—two hundred and fifty yards if it was an inch.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan

British Dictionary definitions for screamer

screamer

/ (ˈskriːmə) /

noun

a person or thing that screams
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)

someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment
US and Canadian slang a sensational headline
Australian slang
- a person or thing that is excellent of its kind
- See two-pot screamer

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