shout-out

or shout·out

[shout-out]

noun

Informal. a quick public expression of thanks, admiration, etc.: I’d like to give a big shout-out to my mom who’s in the audience tonight.

Origin of shout-out

First recorded in 1990–95; shout + out

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Contemporary Examples of shout-out

For James, wearing the shirt was “more of a shout-out to the family more than anything,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal.
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A gay refugee couple from Iran have become Facebook superstars thanks to a shout-out on Humans of New York.
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And there were enough of them in Soviet times that they merited their own shout-out?
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Gwyneth Paltrow gave your blog a shout-out on The Rachael Ray Show.
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He also thanked his predecessor, Benedict XVI, and gave a shout-out to other religions.
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