[
US
/ˈʃaʊt/
]
[ UK /ʃˈaʊt/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈaʊt/ ]
VERB
-
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost
`I won!' he exclaimed
`Help!' she cried -
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout -
use foul or abusive language towards
The angry mother shouted at the teacher
The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket -
utter a sudden loud cry
I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
NOUN
-
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
How To Use shout In A Sentence
- As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
- There was a deal of shouting from Jamie's direction, and general hubbub, as a few people came out of the pothouse, staring. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
- ‘I want to come back when it's a bit quieter,’ I shouted over the din of amplified music, throbbing diesel generators and rattling joy rides.
- I mustered the entire caravan outside the tembe, our flags and streamers were unfurled, the men had their loads resting on the walls, there was considerable shouting, and laughing, and negroidal fanfaronnade. How I Found Livingstone
- Tom Huff shouted across the railroad car as the train click-clacked away from Manhattan. BUMMER • by John Brooke
- The angry audience shouted the speaker down.
- He wanted to scream and shout, beat the wall and call down the forces of destruction.
- Less shouting makes for a more attentive audience. Times, Sunday Times
- This link is sort of off-topic but really not, as it's yet another case (as in the present one) of the media doing their level best to shout down "the critics" -- the nattering nabobs of negativism -- and then, years later, admitting that the "gadflies" were right all along, and that what looked like a scam, walked like a scam, and quacked like a scam was -- quelle surprise! Funky math with Mark Larabee (Jack Bog's Blog)
- Some openly jeered and shouted in disgust when the final vote tally was announced.
