screamer

(skrēmər)

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

See screamer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. One that screams, especially one that sings harshly or stridently.
  2. Slang A sensational headline.
  3. Slang One that evokes screams or laughter: The comedian's act is a real screamer.
  4. Slang An exclamation point.
  5. Baseball A hard-hit line drive.
  6. Any of several large aquatic birds of the family Anhimidae, of South America, that have a harsh resonant call.

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