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[ verb ] utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)

Examples

"My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

I remember Ernest_Bloch in the foyer , shouting in his high-pitched voice : `` it may be a tour_de_force , mais_mon_Dieu , can anyone take this music seriously '' ?

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Shout at Eichmann though he might , the Prosecutor could not establish that the defendant was falsifying the way he felt about Jews or that what he did feel fell_into the generally recognized category of anti-Semitism .

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

I would have foregone my romantic chances rather than leave a friend sweltering and dusty and - Well , at_least I would n't have shouted back a taunt .

(Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)

Eddie shouted .

`` Listen '' ! he shouted to the pitcher .

2
[ verb ] utter a sudden loud cry

Examples

"she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle" "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

From the east to the west coast of the Korean_peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

With shout and slow dance , with tears and song , with scream and contortion , the corner group was beset by hysteria and shivering , wailing , shouting , possession of something that seemed like an alien and outside force .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

Stevie was shouting triumphantly .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

`` Bomb them '' ! he shouted .

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

He was shouting and breathing hard and closing his fist on the pillow .

3
[ noun ] a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

Examples

"the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

With shout and slow dance , with tears and song , with scream and contortion , the corner group was beset by hysteria and shivering , wailing , shouting , possession of something that seemed like an alien and outside force .

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

`` The time has come '' , the walrus said , `` To speak of manic things , Of shots and shouts , and sealing dooms Of commoners and kings '' .

4
[ verb ] utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

Examples

"`I won!'" he exclaimed" "`Help!' she cried" "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"

5
[ verb ] use foul or abusive language towards

Examples

"The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket" "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"

Related terms

attack curse vilify slang abuse

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