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shout

[ shout ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  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

/ ʃʊ /

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

  • ˈdzܳٱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • dzܳİ noun
  • 󲹱-dzܳĻ adjective
  • ܲ·dzܳĻ adjective
  • ܲ·dzܳiԲ 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 ūٲ “to scold, chide,” skūti, ūٲ “a taunt”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shout1

C14: probably from Old Norse ūٲ taunt; related to Old Norse ōٲ 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

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Another seems to show a band member shouting "up Hamas, up Hezbollah".

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In police body-cam video played to jurors, a male officer is heard shouting repeatedly: "Stop resisting."

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Tensions are also running high within Trump's cabinet over Musk's interference, culminating in a heated shouting match in the West Wing recently between the billionaire adviser and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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The Metropolitan Police have said they are also looking at another video, from November last year, where the footage appeared to show a band member shouting "up Hamas, up Hezbollah" at a performance in London.

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The year before, a woman was jailed for shouting and making a gun sign at him as he cycled home from work.

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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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