shout

1 of 2

verb

shouted; shouting; shouts

intransitive verb

1
: to utter a sudden loud cry
2
: to command attention as if by shouting
a quality that shouts from good novelsJohn Gardner

transitive verb

1
: to utter in a loud voice
2
: to cause to be, come, or stop by or as if by shouting
shouted himself hoarse
the proponents shouted down the opposition
shouter noun

shout

2 of 2

noun

: a loud cry or call

Examples of shout in a Sentence

Verb There's no need to shout at me. well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock Noun I gave a sudden shout of surprise when the shower abruptly turned ice-cold.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The use of a homophobic slur was shouted most when US goalkeeper Matt Turner took a goal-kick in the latter stages of the match. Ben Church, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024 Demonstrators could be heard shouting as guests arrived. Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2024 Majors began shouting in Grace’s face and grabbed both her arms, pinning them to her body. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024 Jelly even shouts out the location of the criminal justice center that is central to so much of his story. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2024 Huang also shouted out Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell in the audience, whose company is partnering with Nvidia. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024 The shouting man seems delighted with the challenge, squaring up. Michael Wilson, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024 Lead singer Blair Tramel shouted vociferously and did jumping jacks while her band bashed out athletic riffs, punctuated by blasts from the whistle that their guitarist had around his neck. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024 Lopez shouts in the dramatic footage that shows her vessel going down. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
Noun
Publicists, agents, lawyers and even a stylist got a shout out on the Oscars stage on Sunday night, leaving tax preparers out in the cold. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024 Venet was also quickly escorted out amid shouts from crowd members. Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2024 Pelphrey finally let out a shout and laughed as Matilda, fed up with the chase, scurried off. Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024 Alton is also open to AI tools that reduce some of the most physically straining work in creating game characters — the grunts, shouts and other sounds of characters in battle, as well as the movements of jumping, striking, falling and dying required in motion-capture scenes. Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024 The 28-year-old gave a shout out to husband Patrick, also 28, in a post on Friday, sharing her gratitude for the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback's support in her first SI photoshoot, after she was unveiled as a 2024 Rookie on Thursday. Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024 With his voice rising to a shout, the judge pointed to photos in evidence showing members of Johnson’s crew wearing gas masks while mixing drugs. Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024 Shortly after the shout, the animal appears to reach the bottom of the slope and enters an area filled with trees. Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024 One, a riff on doubles, is a shout out to street food and Trinidad: chickpeas jazzed up with cumin, ginger and fenugreek and piled atop a crisp-chewy saucer of fried plantains. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shout was in the 14th century

Dictionary Entries Near shout

Cite this Entry

“Shout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shout. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

shout

1 of 2 verb
1
: to utter a sudden loud cry
shouted for joy
2
: to utter in a loud voice
shouted out the answers
shouter noun

shout

2 of 2 noun
: a loud cry or call

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