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shout-out
[shout-out]
noun
Informal.a quick public expression of thanks, admiration, etc..
I’d like to give a big shout-out to my mom who’s in the audience tonight.
Word History and Origins
Origin of shout-out1
Example Sentences
She says: "We got a shout-out from Ant and Dec and went up on a scissor lift above the Newcastle United fans, which was incredible."
The former child star also included a shout-out to their obstetrician for “always delivering.”
Still, he said, when you come across “great places with great people and they work really hard for you,” they deserve a shout-out.
I have to give a shout-out to Bill Gerber, who was president of Warner Bros. at the time, and he came from a musical background.
It took just a few seconds, but President Donald Trump's shout-out to Elon Musk during his long-winded and combative address to Congress may torpedo his own government's legal arguments in defense of DOGE, whose apparent leader, plaintiffs say, has no legitimate authority to ransack government agencies.
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When To Use
A shout-out is a short public acknowledgement of someone or something, especially by name. It’s usually to recognize someone in appreciation of them or something they did.Shout-outs are typically given in a public setting, such as on the radio, during a live performance, or on social media.Shout-out is informal. It’s commonly used to start a sentence that announces a shout-out, as in Shout-out to the people in the back! Less commonly, shout-out is also used as a verb, as in Let me shout-out a few people real quick. It’s very commonly spelled as shoutout.Example: Thanks to your shout-out in the last post, I gained a ton of followers.
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