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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He played a starring role in two of the team’s extraordinary late comebacks, scoring the stoppage-time winner in the 3-2 victory over Egypt and tied the game against with a screamer from 20 yards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
No spoilers, but Brazil and Japan played a screamer of a game this afternoon.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
"She's never been a shouter or a screamer but she's a leader in her own way. A top person, top professional and one of the most down-to-earth people you'll ever meet."
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
But she needed on-field medical attention after Sharples’ goal and was subbed off for Laurel Ivory after Loera’s screamer.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
Not cuddle-your-teddy-bear stories, but screamer stories, tremble stories, sink-your-teeth-into-your-teddy-bear stories.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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