Word Finder - shout

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A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or animated courage.

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A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.

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A call-out for an emergency services team.

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A greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV programme.

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Next up the new single from Beyoncé, but first a shout to Barry Bloggins and his wife Belinda...

synonyms

• shout out

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To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.

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To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out

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They shouted his name to get his attention.

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To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.

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He′s shouting us all to the opening night of the play.

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To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case, regarded as the electronic messaging equivalent of oral shouting.

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Please don't shout in the chat room.

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To treat with shouts or clamor.

If only she could shout it to the world.

Why do you shout so?

She heard a shout and whirled.

Suddenly a distant shout aroused him.

The Immortal on the other side of his door was too excited to wait until he entered to shout the news.

Toby's gleeful shout jarred him.

Her shout drew their attention, and they started toward her.

Dean wanted to shout, I killed her, Fred.

She heard Gabriel shout something that was lost in the roar of the ground splitting apart.

The men on the wall lowered their weapons at her shout, and the remaining pursuer tackled her.

Lana's heart stopped, and she opened her mouth to shout for Elise.

Someone threw her over his shoulder and she let out a shout that earned her a blow to the head.

A shout brought no response.

Denisov frowned and was about to shout some reply but stopped.

Claire could shout it to the world, for all he cared.

I can't handle anything else, she wanted to shout at him.

He was refused admittance to the palace, and the people began to shout "Popolo e liberta I" in opposition to the Medicean cry of "Palle, Palle !"

The two first (like Iacchus, Bromius and Euios) have been connected with the loud " shout " (0-a06 ctv = A"ECV = Euaq"Et y) of his worshippers, Bassareus with OacQapac, the fox-skin garments of the Thracian Bacchanals.

Men were ready to shout applause in honor of Puritan martyrs like Prynne, Burton and Bastwick, whose ears were cutoff in 1637, or in honor of the lawyers who argued such a case as that of Hampden.

But they were in great numbers, and the Champion could not shout much because he had to save his breath for fighting.

It was saved partly by the courage of his wife, Theodora, and partly by the timely prodigality of Narses, who stole out into the capital, and with large sums of money bribed the leaders of the "blue" faction, which was aforetime loyal to the emperor, to shout as of old "Justiniane Auguste to vincas."

As he came in sight of the rose-bushes that grew near the side of the house, he suddenly clapped his hands, and with a little shout of joy stopped to look at them; they were all covered with lovely rosebuds.

Rostov too, bending over his saddle, shouted "Hurrah!" with all his might, feeling that he would like to injure himself by that shout, if only to express his rapture fully.

The adjutant looked angrily at him, evidently also intending to shout at him, but on recognizing him he nodded.

In another side street a sentinel standing beside a green caisson shouted at him, but only when the shout was threateningly repeated and he heard the click of the man's musket as he raised it did Pierre understand that he had to pass on the other side of the street.

As they come under one horizon, they shout their warning to get off the track to the other, heard sometimes through the circles of two towns.

When the soldiers of the regiment in front of which Kutuzov was standing began to shout, he rode a little to one side and looked round with a frown.

I wanted to shout something like Dracula is out of his casket and has a thirst for my wife's A-negative blood, but I bit my tongue and begged that this was truly an emergency.

Dusty's shout to Darian was lost in another burst of thunder.

His shout drew the gaze of several of the barbarians, who started toward the forest.

He called Shipton's name once more, but again his shout hung unanswered in the still winter air.

The shock of the shake accompanying the shout flung her deadened senses awake.

The ranks of the infantry disappeared amid the smoke but their long- drawn shout and rapid musketry firing could still be heard.

Gabriel's shout was closer than she expected.

The shout went unnoticed until the panicked bartender grabbed the mike of the lead rocker.

Hardly had the Horse Guards passed Rostov before he heard them shout, "Hurrah!" and looking back saw that their foremost ranks were mixed up with some foreign cavalry with red epaulets, probably French.

Yully's voice was almost a shout in her mind.

The dragon hears Beowulf's shout of defiance, and rushes forth, breathing flames.

At sight of his lost treasure, the merchant began to dance and shout for joy.

In his blood-filled haze, he heard one of his brothers shout, and the demons shift their focus from Kris.s small group—which Rhyn defended—to the warriors pouring out of portals onto the small battlefield.

Lana's shout broke the tense formation around them.

Do not loudly berate the player - or shout out your words.

If you choose to let everyone shout out their guesses, simply hand out the utensils to the person who shouts out the right name/use first.

There's no better way to buck the tradition of a formal, all-white wedding cake than to feature a dessert that might as well shout for all the attention it demands.

They had a run of hit records in the 1980s that started with Shout at the Devil in 1983 and ended with the Grammy nominated Dr. Feelgood in 1989.

The top tabs listed on this site include Too Young to Fall in Love, Shout at the Devil, Wild Side, and Home Sweet Home.

Call for help, shout that this person is not your mother or father, or yell Fire!

This means it's even more important that the squad be exactly together when they shout out their cheers, and that there be a bit of a space in between words and sentences to let the resonating sounds fade.

The flip is held shout with a magnetic clasp.

A mighty and rousing double fugue ends the work with a final shout of praise.