Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that screams, especially one that sings harshly or stridently.
- noun Slang A sensational headline.
- noun Slang One that evokes screams or laughter.
- noun Slang An exclamation point.
- noun Baseball A hard-hit line drive.
- noun Any of several large waterfowl of the family Anhimidae of South America, having a harsh resonant call.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Specifically, in golf, an unusually long shot.
- noun The exclamation-point (!).
- noun A heading in unusually bold type.
- noun One who or that which screams.
- noun In ornithology, specifically, one of several different birds.
- noun Something very great, excellent, or exciting; a thing that attracts the attention or draws forth screams of astonishment, delight, etc.; a whacker; a bouncer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family
Anhimidæ , and the suborder Palamedeæ. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, isPalamedea cornuta . - noun Slang Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy.
- noun Printer's Slang An exclamation mark.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
- noun Any
bird in the taxonomicfamily Anhimidae , endemic toSouth America , being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet. - noun Something
exceptionally good. - noun sports, cricket A difficult catch.
- noun sports, baseball A very hard hit.
- noun sports, Australian rules football A particularly high
mark (clean catch of a kicked ball). - noun sports, soccer a powerful
shot . - noun sports, surfing A very large wave.
- noun Internet slang A
video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loudscream and disturbing image. - noun slang An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously
gay (homosexual ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very hard hit ball
- noun a sensational newspaper headline
- noun someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
- noun gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
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Examples
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There was only one problem: Rick was known as a screamer.
Make Yourself Unforgettable Dale Carnegie 2011
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There was only one problem: Rick was known as a screamer.
Make Yourself Unforgettable Dale Carnegie 2011
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Nancy Reagan was known as a screamer and Rosalyn Carter would recite the Lords Prayer at the top of her lungs.
<a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-dare-you-talk-about-hillarys-voice.html" title="How dare you talk about Hillary's voice Ann Althouse 2007
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I 'ad' im down to the smith t'other day, sir, an 'says' e to me, says 'e, ` That's a screamer, that is.'
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I 'ad' im down to the smith 'tother day, sir, an 'says' e to me, says 'e,' That's a screamer, that is. '
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Hand Shake Dave a main instigator of aggressive strong arm prostelization is well known as a screamer of a Bible thumper down town as he uses a booming voice and an in the middle of everything presence as he 'witnesses'.
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I don't care to have another Fantasia (aka screamer) as an AI and that's all Adam is!!
unknown title 2009
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Hand Shake Dave a main instigator of aggressive strong arm prostelization is well known as a screamer of a Bible thumper down town as he uses a booming voice and an in the middle of everything presence as he 'witnesses'.
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I don't care to have another Fantasia (aka screamer) as an AI and that's all Adam is!!
unknown title 2009
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Working as the assistant to a "screamer" might entail a base salary of $100,000, Mr. Goldman says.
She Bosses the CEO 2010
reesetee commented on the word screamer
Any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call.
February 8, 2008