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screamer definition

screamer (skrēm′ər)

noun

  1. a person who screams
  2. ☆ Slang a sensational headline
  3. Printing, Slang an exclamation point
  4. any of a primitive family (Anhimidae) of South American birds (order Anseriformes) having long toes and a bill like a chicken's

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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