screamer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that screams.
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Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.
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Printing Slang. an exclamation point.
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Journalism.
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a sensational headline.
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Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.
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Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call.
noun
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a person or thing that screams
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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)
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someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment
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slang a sensational headline
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slang
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a person or thing that is excellent of its kind
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See two-pot screamer
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Etymology
Origin of screamer
Example Sentences
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No spoilers, but Brazil and Japan played a screamer of a game this afternoon.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
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
Mitchell highlighted the improvement in New Zealand's catching with a one-handed screamer at first slip to hold Root, one of Smith's 4-86.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
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
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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