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shout

[ shout ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.

    Synonyms: exclaim, vociferate, yell

    Antonyms: whisper

  2. to speak or laugh noisily or unrestrainedly.


verb (used with object)

  1. to utter or yell (something) loudly.
  2. Australian. to treat (another) to a drink, meal, amusement, or the like.

noun

  1. a loud call or cry:

    He gave a shout for help.

  2. a sudden loud outburst, as of laughter.
  3. the act of calling or crying out loudly.

shout

/ ʃaʊt /

noun

  1. a loud cry, esp to convey emotion or a command
  2. informal.
    1. a round, esp of drinks
    2. one's turn to buy a round of drinks
  3. informal.
    a greeting (to family, friends, etc) sent to a radio station for broadcasting
  4. informal.
    an occasion on which the members of an emergency service are called out on duty
“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


verb

  1. to utter (something) in a loud cry; yell
  2. intr to make a loud noise
  3. informal.
    tr to treat (someone) to (something), esp a drink
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈshouter, noun
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Other Words From

  • shouter noun
  • half-shouted adjective
  • un·shouted adjective
  • un·shouting adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shout1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English shoute (noun), shouten (verb); compare Old Norse skūta “to scold, chide,” skūti, skūta “a taunt”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shout1

C14: probably from Old Norse skūta taunt; related to Old Norse skjōta to shoot
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Idioms and Phrases

  • all over but the shouting
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Synonym Study

See cry.
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Example Sentences

Another shouts, to no one in particular, “This is our house.”

Wide receivers, those detached football players who start plays a good shout from the ball and then exert like mad to touch it now and then, finally got themselves another Heisman Trophy on Tuesday night after a 29-year wait.

About how their shouts caused a crowd to form, and before he knew it, he was surrounded by people.

As a woman on a bullhorn led shouts of “Justice for Karon,” two men slung a brick and debris at the vehicle, smashing the rear window.

One of the more tempting product ideas has been the development of the omnipresent always-on video workspace where managers can always see their directs onscreen and team members are only a shout away from getting someone else’s attention.

He did not shout “God is great,” but his random act served the purposes of ISIS almost as well.

Another shout-out might have been due to the organization that was leading the protests outside.

For James, wearing the shirt was “more of a shout-out to the family more than anything,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal.

One trucker did shout an obscenity, and a musclebound mechanic told them to go and do something useful like study.

For Mitch McConnell to shout gleefully requires some effort.

She did shout for joy, as with a sweeping stroke or two she lifted her body to the surface of the water.

A great shout—partly, no doubt, of disappointment—was given when the lions escaped.

Pearson was loading his gun as fast as possible, when he heard a loud shout, and cries of “Look out!”

They did not shout as they took their gifts; but still the murmur ran from mouth to mouth: "Bella Madonna, bella Madonna."

At long last one of the keepers at the entrance to the small cages begins to shout very loudly.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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