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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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Watch the best goals from the latest round of fixtures from the Women's Champions League, including Olga Carmona's screamer for Paris St-Germain against Manchester United and Bayern Munich's Pernille Harder's equaliser against Arsenal.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

He pushed the ball through the legs of a Notts County defender, looked up, and from 23 yards out uncorked an absolute screamer into the top corner.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

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

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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