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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

screamer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hit: Dunstable opened the scoring within seven minutes with Chris Marsh hitting a screamer into the top corner.
  • score: All three were thrown into the action in the 2-1 win away at Wolves with Jermaine Wright scoring a 20-yard screamer on his debut.
  • have: Harte had a screamer come back off the angle, with the keeper rooted to the spot.
  • send: He picked the ball up on the edge of the area and sent a screamer into the top corner.
  • include: Couple of good chances, including the 40 yd screamer early on.
  • try: Not many sixteen year olds would dare try a 25-yard screamer against the Champions, Rooney didn't just dare, he buried it.

Preposition: into

  • corner: Dunstable opened the scoring within seven minutes with Chris Marsh hitting a screamer into the top corner.

Adjective modifier

  • 30-yard: His 30-yard screamer at Old Trafford in the 2004/05 season was a Premiership classic.
  • 25-yard: Not many sixteen year olds would dare try a 25-yard screamer against the Champions, Rooney didn't just dare, he buried it.
  • absolute: Gerry Harrison too went close with an absolute screamer.
  • good: They just have to be good screamers - and the lovely Dark is one of the best.
  • 20-yard: All three were thrown into the action in the 2-1 win away at Wolves with Jermaine Wright scoring a 20-yard screamer on his debut.
  • right: He is not getting any younger and needs to stay fit and keep practicing those right foot screamers!

Modifies a noun

  • inch: Seconds early Neil Tolson had struck a post after veteran Steve Cherry had failed to clear, whilst Gaynor has a screamer inches wide.

Noun used with modifier

  • yard: Livingston took the lead after 33 minutes when Fraser McLaren let loose with a 30 yard screamer which flew under David Marshall.
  • foot: Tara let the ball run across her body and finished with a left foot screamer from the edge of the box.
  • soul: Essentially a storming soul screamer made funky by that furious drumming, this has become one of Eddie's most wanted.

Preposition: from

  • yard: The goal, a screamer from 30+ yards, was fantastic.
  • edge: Tara let the ball run across her body and finished with a left foot screamer from the edge of the box.