Shout Definition

shout
shouted, shouting, shouts
noun
shouts
A loud cry or call.
Webster's New World
Any sudden, loud outburst or uproar.
Webster's New World
One's turn to buy a round of drinks, etc.
Webster's New World

(UK, Australia, jargon, slang) A call-out for an emergency services team.

Wiktionary
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verb
shouted, shouting, shouts
To say with or utter a shout.
American Heritage
To utter or express in a shout.
Webster's New World
To utter a shout; cry out loudly.
Webster's New World
To treat (someone) to (a round of drinks, etc.)
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

Wiktionary
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idiom
shout down
  • to silence or overwhelm by loud shouting; shout louder than
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shout

Noun

Singular:
shout
Plural:
shouts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shout

Origin of Shout

  • From Middle English shouten. Origin Uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten "to shoot (out)" or from or akin to Old Norse skÅ«ta (“to chide, scold"), Old Norse skÅ«ti, skÅ«ta "a taunt". See also the second, rare sense of the verb scout - "to reject with contempt".

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English shoute perhaps from Old Norse skūta a taunt skeud- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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