scream
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noun- 1.
A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
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A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
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(music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
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(informal)Used as an intensifier.
We had a real scream of a time at the beach.
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(printers' slang) An exclamation mark.
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verb- 1.
(also, figuratively, intransitive)(intransitive, also figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
Đồng nghĩa: call, cry, holler, halloo, roar, roop, scream, shout, yell
- 2.
(figuratively, intransitive)To move quickly; to race.
He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.
Đồng nghĩa: speed, zoom, hightail, move quickly, skedaddle, fly, scramble, get a move on, hasten, haul, hurtle, bustle, haul ass, haul one's ashes, hie, hump it, hurry, hustle, make haste, make tracks, move it, rattle one's hocks, rush, scream, shift, skedaddle, swap, speed, zip, zoom
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(figuratively, informal, intransitive)To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.
Do you know what screams "I’m obnoxious"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.
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Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate with Middle Dutch scremen (to yell; shout) and Old Norse skræma (to terrify; scare); compare schreemen, schreême, skrämma, skræmme to scare, skrieme to weep. Compare also skräna, schreien, schreien to scream. Related to shriek, skrike.