Shout

Definition: Shout

Shout

Noun

1. A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience".

Verb

1. 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".

2. Utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me".

3. Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'" he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost".

4. Use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "shout" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Shout

Amusement

Smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar.

Giggle, titter, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation; Kentish fire; tiger.

Approbation

Applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise; Prytaneum.

Crosswords: Shout

Manx (handle, wooden beam).

There's no need to shout! (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn.)

Um, a shout out to my brother Tucker, who gave me the inspiration to summon demons and also- (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

And now I want to shout our love from the rooftops (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

One might as well open the window and shout down the street (Topsy-Turvy; writing credit: Mike Leigh)

Throughout the ages to come, men and women shall grab hold of these, and shout my name (Coupling; writing credit: Steven Moffat)

All right shout, all right shout ("Shout"; performing artist: The Isley Brothers)

Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson)

I hear a woman shout out… (Who Let The Dogs Out; performing artist: Baha Men)

Do I have to shout it out (Do I Have To Say The Words?; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

I have to shout (I'm Coming Out; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Something to Shout About (1943)

I Shout Love (2001)

Billy's Shout (1991)

Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (1985)

The Shout (1978)

Shout Part I (performing artist: Joey Dee and The Starliters)

SHOUT (performing artist: ISLEY BROS. OTIS DAY)

Dance & Shout (performing artist: Shaggy)

Shout (performing artist: Tears For Fears)

Twist and Shout (performing artist: The Beatles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Banana Shout (reference)

• Shout at the Devil (reference)

• Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation (reference)

• The Soul of a Black Woman: From a Whisper to a Shout (reference)

• These Stones Will Shout (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Richard Simmons: Sweat & Shout (reference)

• Shout (reference)

• Shout to the Lord/Open the Eyes of My (reference)

• Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (reference)

• Shout at the Devil (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Shout 2003 (reference)

• Shout for Freedom (reference)

• Songs 4 Worship: Shout to The Lord (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Roll along, roll along, shout the campaign battle song. Credit: Library of Congress.

The rest of the crew, with a shout, hastened to join the leaders. Credit: Library of Congress.

Alabama delegates to the Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia, July 14, wave and shout as they seek recognition from the chairman. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The shout, with which she began, proved to be only a momentary effort

The shout died into a murmur, as one portion of the crowd after another obtained a glimpse of him.

They shout to the victim to encourage him.

And the children came out of the houses, but they did not run or shout as they would have done after a rain

The shout I heard was upon the arrival of this engine, which it seems set out in four hours after my landing

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Don’t shake the person or shout. (references)

Ask people to speak louder, but not shout. (references)

Speak slightly louder than normal, but don't shout. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Street peddlers and hawkers shout the praises and prices of consumer products they offer for sale. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

These individuals shout epithets and throw stones or other objects at the target's house. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "shout": give up a shout ♦ set up a shout ♦ shout abuse at ♦ shout and scream ♦ shout at ♦ shout at smb. ♦ shout at the top of one's voice ♦ shout down ♦ shout for ♦ shout for help ♦ shout for joy ♦ shout for smb. ♦ shout in ♦ shout in triumph ♦ shout like mad ♦ shout of joy ♦ shout of laughter ♦ shout on ♦ shout oneself hoarse ♦ shout out ♦ shout smb. down ♦ shout smth. down ♦ shout to ♦ shout with joy ♦ shout with laughter ♦ To shout at. Additional references.

Beginning with "shout": shout-out, shout-swift, shout-up.

Ending with "shout": mid-shout.

Afrikaans

skreeu (cry, cry out, scream). (various references)

Albanian

shulak (square built, squat, stump, stumpy, thickset), shpreh me të thirrura, shaj (abuse, ballyrag, berate, bullyrag, call names, carpet, castigate, chastise, chide, come down on, curse, dish it out, dress down, flay, inveigh, jaw, lay into, objurgate, offend, rag, rap, revile, scold, shake up, shout at, swear, tell off, trounce, upbraid, vituperate), thirrje (appeal, call, calling, citation, convocation, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, muster, outcry, proclamation, subpoena, summons, whoop), thërres (ask, bawl, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, exclaim, give a cry, hail, holler, invite, sing out, summon, vociferate, wawl, whoop), thërras (ask, bawl, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, drum up, exclaim, hail, holler, invite, obtest, page, sing out, summon, vociferate, wawl, whoop), gërthitje (clamor, clamour, cry, outcry, scream), gërthas (cry, scream), britmë (call, clamor, clamour, cry, ejaculation, howl, hue, note, outcry, scream, screech, shouting, shriek, squall, yell), bërtas (bawl, call, Caterwaul, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, objurgate, scream, shout at, shriek, squall, vociferate, whoop, yell). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نادى على (bawl out, sound), ‏نادى بسخرية (hoot), ‏سأل (ask, beg, call, call on, enquire, inquire, question, quiz, request, speak), ‏عج (clamor, clamour, cry, roar, vociferate), ‏صيحة (call, hue and cry, outcry, scream, screen, yell), ‏صاح (bawl, call, call out, clear, crow, cry, holler, hoot, scream, sing out, squall, squawk, squeal, vociferate), ‏صرخة (cry, holler, pax, scream, shriek, squawk, yell), ‏صرخ (call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, exclaim, holler, make noise, outcry, pop off, scream, shriek, squawk, squeak, yell), ‏إنفجار (blast, blaze, burst, detonation, explosion, fit, flare, outbreak, outburst, outcrop, puff and blow, report, salvo). (various references)

Aymara

arnaqaña (to shout). (various references)

Basque

oihu egin (shout to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

черпя (set up, stand, stand sam, treat), черпня (treat), крещя (bawl, holler, hollo, hoot, scream, shriek, squall, vociferate, yell), възглас, викам (barrack, bawl, call, clamor, clamour, create, cry, holler, hollo, holloa, pop off, roar, scream, sing out, vocalize, vociferate, whoop, yell), вик (bawl, call, cry, scream, whoop, yell), провикване (shouting), извиквам (call in, call out, cry out, evoke, exclaim, give a cry, hail, shout for, yell). (various references)

Catalan

crit (cry). (various references)

Chinese 

呼喊 (call out). (various references)

Czech

pokřikovat (barrack, vociferate), křik (call, clamor, clamour, outcry, shriek, squall, wail, yowl), křičet, křièet (cry, holler, scream, shriek, wail, whoop, yowl), jásot (acclamations, cheer, cheering, jubilance, jubilation), jásat (exult, glory, Jubilate). (various references)

Danish

skrige (cry out, scream), råb (cry). (various references)

Dutch

schreeuwen (bellow, bleat, cry out, neigh, scream), roepen (call, cry out, scream, summon, to call), joelen (cry out, scream), gieren (cry out, fertilize, scream, skid, whistle). (various references)

Esperanto

krio (cry), krii (cry out, scream). (various references)

Faeroese

skríggja (cry out, scream), skríggj (cry), róp (cry). (various references)

Farsi 

فغان (Whine), فریادزدن (Bawl, Cry, Hoot, Howl, Yell), فریاد (Call, Calling, Cry, Gaff, Greet, Groan, Outcry, Shriek, Squawk, Squeal, Whoop), جیغ زدن (Scream, Yaup, Yawp, Yelp), جیغ (Catcall, Scream, Screech, Shriek, Squawk, Squeal), دادزدن (Bawl, Cry, Roar, Root), داد (Greet, Justice, Outcry, Ruction, Squeal). (various references)

Finnish

huutaa (call, cry out, scream, shriek, yell). (various references)

French

cri (shriek), crier (shriek). (various references)

Frisian

skreauwe (cry out, scream), skreau (cry). (various references)

German

Zuruf (call, cheer), schreien (bawl, Bray, call, call out, clamor, clamour, crow, cry, cry out, cry up, crying, honk, hoot, howl, moan, scream, scream out, screech, shouting, shriek, squall, squeal, to clamour, to scream, to screech, to squall, vociferate, wail, whoop, yell, yell out), Schrei (Bray, call, crow, cry, honk, hoot, howl, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squeal, yell). (various references)

Greek 

κραυγή (bawl, call, clamor, clamour, cry, halloo, holler, outcry, scream, squall, vociferation, whoop, yell), κραυγάζω (bawl, clamor, clamour, cry, exclaim, halloo, scream, squall, vociferate, whoop), βοή (clamor, clamour, honk, noise, roar), ξεφωνίζω (scream), φωνάζω (bawl, call, call out, caterwaul, clamor, clamour, cry, halloo, holler, hollo, scream, shout to, squawk, yawp, yell), αλαλάζω, δυνατή φωνή (yelling). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשאוג (groan, roar), לזעוק (cry, lament, outcry, wail), להמות (hum, rage, roar), להריע (acclaim, cheer, shout in triumph, trumpet), לצעוק (cry out, holler, sob, yell), לצרוח (bawl, scream, shriek, squawk, squeal, yell), תרועה (alarm, blare, blast, cheer, cry, tattoo, trumpet call), זעקה (cry, hue and cry, outcry, rebuke), צוחה (cry, outcry, scream, shriek, yell), צעקה (call, clamour, cry, holler, outcry, yell), צריחה (scream, shriek, squall, squeal, yelling). (various references)

Hungarian

kiabálás (clamor, clamour, cry, exclamation, hoot, hue and cry, roar, roaring, shouting, vociferation), kiáltás (call, calling, chirp, chirping, cry, crying, ejaculation, exclamation, hoop, hue and cry, squall, whoop). (various references)

Indonesian

mbengok (yell), bergembar-gembor (cry out, rant). (various references)

Irish

liúigh, gáir (shout; laugh). (various references)

Italian

grido (bawl, call, cry, exclamation, hail, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, hue, outcry, scream, squall, whoop), gridare (bawl, call, clamour, cry, cry out, hoot, scream, screech, shriek, squall, storm, whoop, yell). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

絶叫 (exclamation, scream), 叫び声 (scream, yell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいこ (ancient times, drum, loud cry, tambourine), ぜっきょう (exclamation, scream), しっこ, きょうかん (assassin, between the mountains, breast, chest, ferocity, heinousness, instructor, mirror, one's hometown, outlaw, paragon, professor, response, scream, sympathy, teacher, villain), さけびごえ (scream, yell), さけび (outcry, scream), かんせい (accomplishment, cheer, complete, completion, control, dry, dryness, government-manufactured, government-regulated organization or facility etc., inertia, perfection, pitfall, quiet, sense, sensitiveness, sensitivity, shout of joy, snoring sound, tranquil, trap), かけごえ (yell), わめきごえ (outcry, yell). (various references)

Korean 

환성. (various references)

Manx

yllaghey (acclaim, bawl, exclaim), yllagh (acclaim, barrack, call, call upon, cry, exclamation, page, vocation), gerr (crow), eie (concept, idea, moan, notion, pang), eamaghey (cry, moo, vociferate), eamagh (call, crier, cry; lowing of cattle; shouter), eam (bell, bell of stag, call, cry, low, low of cattle, moo). (various references)

Maori

karanga-tia (to shout). (various references)

Maya

awat (to shout). (various references)

Norwegian

skrike (cry out, scream). (various references)

Occitan

cridar. (various references)

Papiamen

gritu (cry, scream), grito (cry), grita (bark, cry out, scream, yell). (various references)

Pig Latin

outshay.(various references)

Portuguese

grito (bawl, call, cry, crying, hoot, scream, whoop, yell), gritar (bawl, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, hoot, howl, scream, sing out, vociferate, waul, whoop, yawl, yell), bradar (call out, cry out, scream, sing out), berrar (bawl, bellow, cry out, howl, low, roar, scream, vociferate, waul, yap, yell, yowl). (various references)

Romanian

strigãt (bawl, call, calling, cry, ejaculation, halloo, hoop, hoot, hue, outcry, roar, roaring, scream, shriek, squall, yell), striga (bark out, bawl, bellow, brawl, break, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry cherries, cry out, ejaculate, hail, hallo, halloo, hollo, hoop, howl, page, roar, scream, screech, shriek, shriek out, squall, vociferate, yell), chiui (shriek, whistle, yell), ţipãt (cry, hoot, outcry, roar, scream, screech, shriek, squawk, yell), aclama (acclaim, cheer, hail, hurrah, welcome), aclamaţie (acclaim, acclamation, cheer, ovation, storm), chema (ask, call, call down, call up, challenge, chuckle, conjure, convene, convoke, entreat, hail, muster, page, ring, signify, summon), chemare (appeal, call, calling, challenge, convocation, cry, halloo, invitation, invocation, slogan, summons, vocation), chiot (hue, shriek, yelling), ţipa (bawl, call, cry, honk, hoop, hoot, pipe, roar, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squeal, yell), chiu (hurrah, hurray, huzza, shriek), vocifera (clamor, clamour, roar, vocalize, vociferate), chiuiturã (shriek, yell), exclama (break out, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim), exclamaţie (asseveration, ejaculation, exclamation, interjection, outcry, remonstrance), rãcni (howl, roar, yell), chirãi (chirp, shriek, twitter, yell). (various references)

Russian 

кричать крик (scream, shouting), кричать (clamor, clamour, cry, holler, hollo, holloa, hoot, make a noise, outcry, shouted, shouts, sing out, vociferate, waul, yell, yell off), громкий крик, окрик (call, cry), накричать, звать (ask, call, invite), покрикивать. (various references)

Scottish

glaodh (a cry, bird-lime, cry, glue, proclaim), gàir (a shout, din, laugh, outcry), éigh (a cry, cry, proclaim). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

viknuti (call), vikati (clamor, clamour, cry out, halloo, scream, sound off, vociferate, whoop, yell), uzvikivati, uzvik (cry, exclamation), tura pića, poklič (whoop), naručiti turu pića. (various references)

Spanish

grito (bawl, bellow, call, cry, daring, denunciation, ejaculation, exclamation, gasp, hail, halloo, hoot, howl, outcry, shriek, yell), gritar (bark, bawl, bawl out, bellow, break out, call, call out, chant, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, faggot, fagot, halloo, holler, hoot, howl, outcry, scold, scream, shout out, shriek, shrill out, sing out, to shout, whoop, yell). (various references)

Sranan

bari (barrel, cry out, scream). (various references)

Swedish

skrika (call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, jay, roar, scream, screaming, shriek, shrill, squall, squeal, vociferate, whoop, yawp), skrik (clamor, clamour, cry, outcry, scream, screech, shriek, squall, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp), skräna (hoot, howl, yawp, yell), ryta (bellow, roar), ropa (call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cuckoo, halloo, holler, hoot, summon, vociferate), rop (call, clamor, clamour, cry, holler, hoot, outcry, scream), hojta (bawl, cry out, scream). (various references)

Tagalog

umiyák (cry out, scream), iyák (cry). (various references)

Turkish

seslenmek (call, call to, cry, holler, shout to, yell), ses (acoustic, audio, call, clatter, cry, noise, phonic, phono-, sonance, sonic, sono-, sound, speech, tone, vocal, voice, vote, vox), haykırmak (bawl, burst in, burst out, call to, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, roar, rumble, rumble out, scream, shout out, spit, whoop, yell), feryat (bellow, clamor, clamour, cry, howl, jeremiad, lamentation, outcry, scream, ululation, wail), bağirmak (cry out, scream), bağırmak (bark, bark at, bawl, bell, bellow, call, cry, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, howl, roar, scream, shout at, shout out, sing out, troat, trumpet, whoop, yell), bağırma (bellow, exclamation, hollo, holloa, hoop, howl, outcry, scream, whoop, yell), bağırarak söylemek (call out, scream out, shout out, spit out, squall out), bağırış. (various references)

Turkmen 

zow, heсkirmek (cry out, scream), haяkyrmak (cry out, scream), haяkylyk (cry, outcry), gyk-bak etmek (make a noise). (various references)

Ukrainian

кричати (bawl, call, chirp, clamor, clamour, cry, exclaim, holler, honk, noise, sing out, toot, vociferate, yawl, yell), кликати, гучний крик (outcry), вигукувати (cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, outcry, rap), пригощання, питуща компанія. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự la hét (shouting), tiếng kêu (call, chirp, cried, cry, whoop). (various references)

Welsh

gweiddi (bawl, cry), gwaedd (cry), gryd (battle, tumult), disgyr (cry), bonllef, bloeddio (bawl), bloedd, baniar (banner). (various references)

Yucatec

awat (cry out, scream). (various references)

ada, til. (various references)

adclamabat, adclamarent, boare, clamare, clamo, concinebant, concinentem, concinentibus, concinetur, exclama, exclamabilis, exclamans, exclamantes, exclamaverunt, exclamavit, exclamavitque, iubila, iubilabit, iubilarent, iubilate, iubilationem, iubilemus, iubili, iubilo, iubilum, ululate, ululatum, ululatus, vociferabatur, vociferabitur, vociferabor, vociferabuntur, vociferamini, vociferans, vociferante, vociferantem, vociferantes, vociferantibus, vociferantis, vociferare, vociferari, vociferati, vociferatus, vociferor. (various references)

ceallian, clipian. (various references)

bleren. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "shout": shouted, shouter, shouters, shouting, shouts. (additional references)

Words ending with "shout": beshout, outshout, washout. (additional references)

Words containing "shout": beshouted, beshouting, beshouts, outshouted, outshouting, outshouts, washouts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Shout" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahout, Ashou, Chaouat, esholt, fhout, ghout, hout, Ishitu, phout, Sahour, Schou, shait, Shaozu, Shavuot, shiu, shoate, shoft, sholt, shont, shooooo, Shooosh, shoosh, shoota, Shott, shou, shoud, shouf, shoul, shoult, Shoultz, Shoup, shour, Shouth, shoyu, Shroot, shusui, Shutov, shutt, slout, sotu, srout, thout. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: south, thous.

-1 letter: host, hots, huts, oust, outs, shot, shut, soth, thou, thus, tosh, tush.

-2 letters: hot, hut, ohs, out, sot, sou, tho, uts.

-3 letters: ho, oh, os, sh, so, to, uh, us, ut.

+1 letter: couths, mouths, oughts, rouths, scouth, shouts, sought, souths, tophus, toughs, upshot, youths.

+2 letters: authors, beshout, drouths, fourths, gunshot, hognuts, hotspur, loutish, mahouts, mugshot, noughts, outfish, outgush, outhits, outpush, outrush, outshot, outwash, outwish, scouths, shotgun, shouted, shouter, shutoff, shutout, southed, souther, succoth, sukkoth, touches, troughs, typhous, upshoot, upshots, washout.

+3 letters: aphthous, beshouts, besought, buckshot, bullshot, bushgoat, cathouse, cockshut, cothurns, couthest, droughts, foxhunts, futhorcs, futhorks, gunshots, handouts, hangouts, hautbois, hautboys, hideouts, holdouts, holibuts, hothouse, hotspurs, housesat, housesit, housetop, humorist, mistouch, mouthers, mugshots, nuthouse, outblush, outhauls, outhears, outhouse, outhowls, outhunts, outshame, outshine, outshone, outshoot, outshout, outsight, phaseout, pothouse, resought, roughest, scouther, selcouth, shakeout, shootout, shortcut, shotguns, shouldst, shouters, shouting, shutdown, shutoffs, shutouts, slothful, snoutish, soutache, southern, southers, southing, southpaw, southron, stoutish, superhot, taphouse, teahouse, thallous, thoriums, thoughts, thousand, thrombus, thrustor, touchers, touchups, toughens, toughest, toughies, toughish, tuckshop, unsought, upshoots, upthrows, uroliths, washouts, withouts, xanthous, yoghurts, youthens.