Pronunciations (3)
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/skɹiːm/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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skɹiːm
Pronunciation notes
- GB
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skɹim
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
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.
A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
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I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare.
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.
Used as an intensifier.
Usage- Informal
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We had a real scream of a time at the beach.
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Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless
An exclamation mark.
Verb
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.
Usage- also
- Figurative
- Intransitive
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I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.
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When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather." "Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon," said Gubjor; "when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched."
Well, I waited and I waited / For some word from down below / And then ol' Harley started screaming / "Run, my God, now, Carter, go man go!"
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Meanwhile, the authoritarianism, which has turned left-liberalism into a movement for sneaks and prudes, was always going to play into the hands of the right. Free citizens have stopped listening to those who respond to the challenge of argument by screaming for the police to arrest the politically incorrect or for universities to ban speakers who depart from leftish orthodoxy.
I'm having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee Hear Santa Monica, I swear it's calling me Won't make my mama proud, it's gonna cause a scene She sees her baby girl, I know she's gonna scream
One hit high on Farenholt snipped off the radar antenna rather neatly and sent splinters down into the torpedo launcher below, one of which blew out the air flask of a torpedo, which immediately launched itself straight out of the tube, and, rather unhelpfully, since the torpedo launcher was currently positioned pointing forward, wedged itself, motor screaming, in the forefunnel. Luckily, unlike Buchanan's weapon, this one was faulty; the motor ran out, but the automatic destruct function failed to work.
To move quickly; to race.
Usage- Figurative
- Intransitive
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He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.
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Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same, the Japanese aircraft screaming into their attack runs on Hornet about the same time as most of the Wildcats managed to sort themselves out to begin their own attacks on the incoming.
To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.
Usage- Figurative
- Informal
- Intransitive
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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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Nothing screams fall like corduroy! I'm loving this deep seafoam green shacket—made of the thick, ribbed material—that'll give a fab pop of color to a muted ensemble.
Noun
sharp piercing cry
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her screaming attracted the neighbors
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
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he ducked at the screechings of shells
he heard the scream of the brakes
a joke that seems extremely funny
Verb
utter a sudden loud cry
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she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
utter or declare in a very loud voice
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You don't have to yell — I can hear you just fine
make a loud, piercing sound
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Fighter planes are screaming through the skies