Shout
[ʃaʊt]
Definition
(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'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
(v. t.) To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.
(v. t.) To treat with shouts or clamor.
(n.) A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Exclaim, vociferate, halloo, hollo, holla, cry out.
n. Halloo, holla, huzza, yell, hoot, loud cry, loud call.
Typist: Weldon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cry_out, exclaim, vociferate, {[yeH]?}, halloo, hollo, holla
ANT:Be_silent, speak_low, {speak_in_a_natural_tone}
SYN:Exclamation, uproar, clamor, vociferation
ANT:Sibilation, hissing, reticence, silence, hush
Edited by Anselm
Definition
n. (prov.) a light flat-bottomed boat used in duck-shooting.
n. a loud and sudden outcry expressing strong emotion or to attract attention.—v.i. to utter a shout: (slang) to order drink for others by way of treat.—v.t. to utter with a shout.—n. Shout′er.—adv. Shout′ingly.
Edited by Francine
Examples
- There was a scream from the women all huddled in the doorway to look at us--a shout from the men--two of them down but not hurt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Next instant, with a loud shout of triumph he held up one splinter, in which a round, dark object was fixed like a plum in a pudding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A shout of I've found liberty! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From every cage that harboured red men a thunderous shout went up in answer to his exhortation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Won't he shout when I tell him what those silly things say about us poor children? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We're going in,' they commenced to shout. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But there was no reply to Wildeve's shout, save a mournful whining from the herons which were nesting lower down the vale. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A forfeit--a forfeit, shouted the robbers; a Saxon hath thirty zecchins, and returns sober from a village! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Becky was singing a snatch of the song of the night before; a hoarse voice shouted Brava! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Brigata di Pace, some one shouted. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted 'Mary had a little lamb,' etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- All the lines roared and some one shouted in a high voice, 'Where do you go, Don Faustino? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I am with thee, Robert Jordan shouted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Orders were shouted, but it was too late to save the giant propellers, and with a crash we rammed them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There were two of them, with rifles slung on their backs and flashlights in their hands and they were shouting too. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But he just kept shaking his hands and arms against the bars and shouting, 'Kill them! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They had to wait, the driver calling and shouting, till the dense crowd would make way. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The sounds of conflict, the clash of arms, the shouting and the hurrying of many feet came to us from various parts of the temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I found by their pointing towards me and to each other, that they plainly discovered me, although they made no return to my shouting. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It was this officer who was shouting who had ordered the first assault. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then, still holding the safeconduct, the control patrol came over, shouting, to the truck driver whose load was spilled. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The room rang with shouts of laughter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The party of horsemen came up to the fence, and, with mingled shouts and oaths, were dismounting, to prepare to follow them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Such were the shouts which followed the stroke; and at the conclusion of which All-Muggleton had scored two. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The hour mark was passed, and there were wild shouts of applause and encouragement. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The crowd accompanied him with cries of triumph and shouts of Hosanna, a word of rejoicing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Women and children shrieked, and men encouraged each other with noisy shouts and cheers. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Two choice regiments, recently arrived from Lombardy, led the onset, rending the air with their shouts and confident of an easy victory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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