Dictionary Definition
shout n : a loud utterance; often in protest or
opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the
rear of the audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, vociferation]
Verb
1 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" [ant:
whisper]
2 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" [syn: shout out,
cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall]
3 utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or
joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the
mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn: exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out]
4 use foul or abusive language towards; "The
actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The
angry mother shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊt
Noun
- A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
- a round of drinks in a pub, the turn to pay the shot or scot: Whose shout?!
- an emergency services call.
Translations
a loud burst of voice
Verb
- To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
- To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.
- To treat with shouts or clamor.
- To buy food or drinks for others.
- I'll shout you all a drink.
- To enter a text message (for example, email) in upper case.
Derived terms
Translations
to utter a sudden and loud outcry
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 吼 (hǒu), 喊叫 (jianjiao)
- Crimean Tatar: cekirmek, qıçırmaq, bağırmaq, ökürmek
- Danish: råbe, skrige
- Dutch: schreeuwen
- Finnish: huutaa
- French: crier
- German: schreien
- Hungarian: kiálta
- Ido: klamar
- Italian: gridare
- Japanese: 叫ぶ (sakebu)
- Korean: 소리치다 (sorichida), 외치다 (oechida)
- Polish: krzyczeć
- Portuguese: gritar
- Russian: кричать (kričát’)
- Scottish Gaelic: ràn
- Spanish: gritar
- Swahili: kupiga kilele
- Swedish: skrika
- Telugu: అరుచు (aruchu)
to utter with a shout
to treat with shouts or clamor
- German: anschreien
- Italian: acclamare
- Polish: krzyczeć
to buy food or drinks for others
- German: spendieren, schmeißen
- Italian: offrire
Extensive Definition
Shout may refer to:
- Shout, or ring shout, a religious dance originating among African slaves in the Americas
- Shout-out
or
Films and television
- The Shout, a 1978 film by Jerzy Skolimowski based on a short story by Robert Graves
- Shout (film), a 1991 movie starring John Travolta
Music
- Shout (Isley Brothers song), a song written and recorded by the Isley Brothers
- Shout (Tears for Fears song), a song by Tears for Fears from the album Songs from the Big Chair
- Shout (Devo album), an album (and title song) by Devo
- Shout (band), a Christian rock band
- Shout Records, a record label
Other
- Shout (magazine), a magazine for teenage girls in the United Kingdom
- Alfred John Shout, an Australian soldier highly decorated for bravery during the Battle of Gallipoli
shout in French: Shout
shout in Russian: Крик
shout in Ukrainian: Крик
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Homeric laughter, alleluia, aller sans dire,
applaud, applause, bark, battle cry, bawl, be in stitches, be manifest,
be no secret, bellow,
belly laugh, blare, blare
forth, blaze, blaze
abroad, blazon, blazon
about, blow, boff, boffola, bray, break up, burst into
laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst
with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, call, call out, caterwaul, celebrate, cheer, chortle, chorus of cheers,
chuckle, clamor, come across, convulsion, crow, cry, cry for joy, cry out, declaim, exclaim, fit of laughter, gales
of laughter, giggle, give
a cheer, glare, go into
convulsions, go without saying, guffaw, ha-ha, hail, hallelujah, halloo, hang out, hearty laugh,
hee-haw, hee-hee, herald,
herald abroad, hilarity, ho-ho, holler, hollo, hooray, hoot, horselaugh, hosanna, howl, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, laugh, laugh it up, laugh
outright, laughing,
laughter, nearly die
laughing, need no explanation, outburst of laughter, paean, peal of laughter, proclaim, project, promulgate, rah, rallying cry, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with
laughter, sauter aux yeux, scream, screech, set up, shake like
jelly, shake with laughter, shout hosanna, shout of laughter,
shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, speak for itself, split, split with laughter,
squall, squawk, squeal, stand, stand out, stick out,
strike the eye, tee-hee, thunder, thunder forth, titter, trumpet, trumpet forth, vociferate, war cry, war
whoop, whoop, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yippee, yo-ho, yowl, yuck,
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