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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.

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

"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

Etymology

Origin of screamer

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

Example Sentences

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But even grave-robbing isn’t as unpleasant as the dynamics of the Morelli family, led by chief screamer, grouser, mayoral candidate and all-around non-people-person Linda Morelli.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Spare a thought for 21-year-old Phoebe Litchfield, who had taken a screamer of her own just a few overs earlier, but her back-tracking, full-stretch dive to dismiss Danni Wyatt-Hodge was almost completely overshadowed.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

The mountain lion is known by more than 40 different common names, including puma, cougar, panther, red tiger, catamount and screamer, according to the state agency.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

Particularly during the double shot of “No Bystanders” and fire-canons-blasting screamer “Fe!n” that had the crowd bouncing hard enough to throw the earth off its axis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

The screamer was a boy whose name is lost to us, for after this day he disappears from the pages of history.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

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