shout
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English shouten. Further origin uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten (“to shoot (out)”) or from or akin to Old Norse skúta (“to chide, scold”), Old Norse skúti, skúta (“a taunt”). See also the second, rare sense of the verb scout (“to reject with contempt”).
Inflected forms:
form: shouts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shouts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shouting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shouted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shouted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.
pos: noun
examples: give out a shout
hear a desperate shout
an ear-piercing shout
gloss: A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
UK
slang
examples: “I′ll get my wine though,” taking out her wallet.
“No. This is my shout,” holding up his hand as though to ward her money off.
Cut to the pub on a lads night out,
Man at the bar cos it was his shout
2008, George Papaellinas, The Trip: An Odyssey, re.press, Australia, page 6,
It was always my shout down the pub with Theo.
gloss: A call-out for an emergency services team.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
UK
slang
examples: Yet another ambulance on a shout enters Parliament Square.
gloss: A greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV program.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Next up the new single from Beyoncé, but first a shout to Barry Bloggins and his wife Belinda...
gloss: A suggestion; an idea.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Yeah, good shout. We might get an idea of what we're up against before we park up and do business.
You're bored, you decide to get a tattoo. Maybe you really like chimps. You sit down with your tattoo artist. Just the chimp, sir? No, hang on. Can you do a chimp, but in a suit? Yeah, nice shout, what about sticking a pair of glasses on him too? Love it, let's have him holding a gun as well. Hold on, will he be allowed a gun if he's short-sighted? Good question, but let's not forget the bigger issue here: he's a monkey.
'I could do with a nap myself,' Hope said, trying unsuccessfully to hide a 'There's something about the sea air that wears you out, isn't there?'
Will nodded. 'That's why I suggested we pick up the coffees. I might regret it at bedtime but for now I'd rather be wired than weary.'
Hope took a sip of her latte and reached for the radio controls. 'Good shout. I'll see if I can nd us some tunes to listen to.' They chatted as the miles passed,[…]
“I...had a nap,” I said.
“Good shout. Got to be strategic about these things. Jess went for a nap a couple of hours ago but hasn't resurfaced, so I think she's failed again this year.” I blinked. I didn't know what to say to him. “So, no one else make it?”
"Just tell him you're not ready."
She twists her mouth and looks at the card again. "To tell you the truth, I don't think I'll ever be ready. […]"
I think for a moment. "Well, you could always say that romance is distracting you from your . . . your craft."
She nods, considering this. “That's not a bad shout.”
“Or you could break up with him.”
She smiles and looks at the ground. “That's not a bad shout, either.” At that moment, there's a knock on the cupboard door, and I get up to answer it.
gloss: To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Mom shouted to us to come sit at the table.
They shouted thrice; what was the last cry for?
5 And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him.[…]
10 And Ioshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, vntill the day I bid you shoute, then shall ye shoute.[…]
15 And it came to passe on the seuenth day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the citie after the same maner, seuen times: only on that day they compassed the citie seuen times.
16 And it came to passe at the seuenth time, when the Priests blewe with the trumpets, Ioshua said vnto the people, Shout, for the Lord hath giuen you the citie.[…]
20 So the people shouted when the Priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to passe when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell downe flat, so that the people went vp into the citie, euery man straight before him, and they tooke the citie.
"I decided to do it [stand for election] because I'd been interested in politics for a long time and, like lots of people, had spent a lot of time shouting at the radio.
gloss: To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: They shouted his name to get his attention.
gloss: To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: We walk’d together on the crown
Of a high mountain which look’d down
Afar from its proud natural towers
Of rock and forest, on the hills—
The dwindled hills! begirt with bowers
And shouting with a thousand rills.
gloss: To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
slang
examples: "It appears to be the general opinion that it's my business to always shout - I will shout." He took up a hat and defiantly cast twopence into it.
After shouting me a plate of noodles and limp vegetables, he helped me change money by introducing me to the stallholder who offered the best exchange rates.
2003, Peter Watt, To Chase the Storm, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page,
‘I have not seen my cousin Patrick in years,’ Martin answered defensively. ‘I doubt that, considering the way our lives have gone, an officer of the King′s army would be shouting me a drink in Mr O′Riley′s pub these days. […] ’
Anyhow, he obviously bore no grudge against Kiwis, for he shouted me a beer and opened another one for himself, punctuating the operation with a spectacular and resounding fart that by all the laws of physical science should have left his trousers flapping in smouldering shreds.
2010, Ivan Dunn, The Legend of Beau Baxter, HarperCollins Publishers, New Zealand, unnumbered page,
Truth is, I notice the other blokes who have been shouting me nodding among themselves and thinking they′d better get in the queue if I am buying. Not likely. I am out of there.
gloss: To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case, regarded as the electronic messaging equivalent of oral shouting.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
examples: Please don't shout in the chat room.
gloss: To treat with shouts or clamor.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: How would these men have shouted at the laying on of the last stone of the battlements
Synonyms: call
cry
holler
halloo
roar
roop
scream
shout
yell
Related words: yell
scream
Derived words: countershout
give someone a shout
in with a shout
ring shout
shoutfest
shoutline
shouty
beshout
outshout
shoutable
shoutbox
shout down
shoutee
shouter
shout fire in a crowded theater
shout from the rooftops
shoutingly
shouting match
shout out
shout the odds
unshouted
unshouting
vintage shout
wouldn't shout if a shark bit him
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