Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loud cry.
- transitive & intransitive verb To say with or utter a shout. synonym: yell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vehement and sudden outcry, expressing joy, exultation, animated courage, or other emotion; also, a loud call to attract attention at a distance, to be heard by one hard of hearing, or the like.
- noun A treat; a free drink.
- To utter a loud significant call or outcry, either inarticulate, as in laughter, calls, signals, etc., or articulate; speak in a very loud and vohement manner.
- To order drink for another or others as a treat.
- To utter in a loud and vehement voice; utter with a shout; express with raised voice.
- noun A small boat, nearly flat-bottomed and very light, used for passing over the drains in various parts of Lincolnshire: when broader and larger it is used in shooting wild ducks in the marshes. and is then called a gunning-shout.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with
out . - transitive verb To treat with shouts or clamor.
- transitive verb Slang, Australia & U. S. To treat (one) to something; also, to give (something) by way of treating.
- intransitive verb To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
- intransitive verb Slang, Australia & U. S. To entertain with refreshments or the like gratuitously; to treat.
- intransitive verb to utter shouts at; to deride or revile with shouts.
- noun A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
- noun Slang, Australia & U. S. A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshments or the like; a treat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A loud
burst of voice or voices; a vehement and suddenoutcry , especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph,exultation , or animated courage. - noun UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the
shot orscot ; an act of paying for a round of drinks. - noun UK, Australia, jargon, slang A
call-out for an emergency services team. - verb intransitive To
utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc. - verb transitive To utter with a shout; to
cry ; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name. - verb To treat with shouts or
clamor . - verb colloquial To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
- verb Internet To enter a text message (for example, email) in upper case.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb use foul or abusive language towards
- verb utter a sudden loud cry
- verb utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- verb utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I don't remember the exact inquiry from that day in suburban Phoenix, only the difficulty Coughlin had with the term shout-out.
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Caught off guard, I thought about the object of my study, and how prayer isn't something you shout from the rooftops; just like tithing -- where your left hand shouldn't know what your right hand is doing -- worship should be done in private.
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Yesterday the Coast Guard hearing powered right through the lunch hour and all the way to 2 p.m. before taking a break, and I felt bad that I had to shout from the back row "WHAT ABOUT MY LUNCH????"
Suddenly, high-maintenance Joel Achenbach 2010
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He was frightened and thinking furiously when in his headset he heard Underhill shout, “Fox!” — the code word for I have just fired a missile.
The Last Ace 2009
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But it is much easier to shout from the safety of the bleacher seats than playing on the field having to negotiate a 380-pound tackle.
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He was frightened and thinking furiously when in his headset he heard Underhill shout, “Fox!” — the code word for I have just fired a missile.
The Last Ace 2009
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My intent with companies that I'm involved with now is to get them to profitable growth as quickly as possible, build GREAT companies that customers and employees want to shout from the rooftops about, and NEVER sell them!! ... a little bit different from that kid who dreamed of building and SELLING companies.
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Caught off guard, I thought about the object of my study, and how prayer isn't something you shout from the rooftops; just like tithing -- where your left hand shouldn't know what your right hand is doing -- worship should be done in private.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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The blow, and the great shout from the audience, angered him.
Chapter 5 2010
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Online, Stowe has chronicled plenty of drama — wild storms, exotic sealife and his girlfriend, Soanya Ahmad becoming pregnant and going ashore — even as he mixes in shout-outs to sponsors who make his isolation possible.
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