shout

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Keep up or get out of the way, don't shout "wait up" or "no fair".

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Quick take

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shout gathered in one view.

noun

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

verb

utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking); "My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout"

verb

utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shout.

noun

a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

See also: cry, outcry, call, yell, vociferation

verb

utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking); "My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout"

verb

utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"

See also: cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall

verb

utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

verb

use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"

See also: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard

Example sentences

Keep up or get out of the way, don't shout "wait up" or "no fair".

I'm not going to shout, use profanity or make idle threats.

The one where he said he would shout my name from the rooftops if I took that approach?

You shout at him "fuck you dude what are you laughing at can't you see I've got a fucking wound on my leg?

In the third month, there were several shouters when the HQ avian meat started spawning.

I want to shamelessly give a shout-out to Ryan from our MTV team on this one; Rails ActiveModel was I think?

Every time I see an article like this I just want to grab the readers and shout "Read a philosophy book!

The egregious ones shout at me, play animations, use my machine cycles, and worst, they track me.

We need to point our keyboards at it and shout Avada Kedavra with extreme prejudice./daydreaming

Of course, no good thing goes unnoticed The next month, there were three other doctors in the spaceport shouting out that they were buying avian meat.

Every time they see a woman speak up about being uncomfortable with some aspect of tech culture, their impression is that the community here closes ranks to shout her down rather than accepting the legitimacy of her experience.