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shout
[ shout ]
verb (used without object)
- to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to speak or laugh noisily or unrestrainedly.
verb (used with object)
- to utter or yell (something) loudly.
- Australian. to treat (another) to a drink, meal, amusement, or the like.
noun
- a loud call or cry:
He gave a shout for help.
- a sudden loud outburst, as of laughter.
- the act of calling or crying out loudly.
shout
/ ʃʊ /
noun
- a loud cry, esp to convey emotion or a command
- informal.
- a round, esp of drinks
- one's turn to buy a round of drinks
- informal.a greeting (to family, friends, etc) sent to a radio station for broadcasting
- informal.an occasion on which the members of an emergency service are called out on duty
verb
- to utter (something) in a loud cry; yell
- intr to make a loud noise
- informal.tr to treat (someone) to (something), esp a drink
Derived Forms
- ˈdzܳٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dzܳİ noun
- -dzܳĻ adjective
- ܲ·dzܳĻ adjective
- ܲ·dzܳiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shout1
Word History and Origins
Origin of shout1
Idioms and Phrases
- all over but the shouting
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Another seems to show a band member shouting "up Hamas, up Hezbollah".
In police body-cam video played to jurors, a male officer is heard shouting repeatedly: "Stop resisting."
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.
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.
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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