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   scream

   /skriːm/

   verb

   • 1. give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing extreme emotion or pain: "they could hear him screaming in pain"
   • ▪ cry something in a high-pitched, frenzied way: "I ran to the house screaming for help"
   • ▪ urgently and vociferously call attention to one's views or feelings, especially ones of anger or distress: "his supporters scream that he is being done an injustice"
   • 2. make a loud, high-pitched sound: "sirens were screaming from all over the city"
   • ▪ move very rapidly with or as if with a loud, high-pitched sound: "a shell screamed overhead"
   • 3. turn informer: informal, dated "he never got paid and my information is he's ready to scream"

   noun

   • 1. a long, loud, piercing cry expressing extreme emotion or pain: "they were awakened by screams for help" Similar shriekscreechyellhowlshoutbellowbawlcryyawpyelpsquealwailsquawksquallcaterwaulwhoopinformal:hollerOpposite whisper
   • ▪ a high-pitched cry made by an animal: "the screams of the seagulls"
   • 2. a loud, piercing sound: "the scream of a falling bomb"
   • 3. an irresistibly funny person, thing, or situation: informal "the movie's a scream" Similar laughhootcomedyinformal:gasgigglelarkriotbundle of funbundle of laughsinformal, dated:yellwithootcomediancomicentertainerjokerclownbuffooninformal:charactergasgiggleriothard caseinformal, dated:cautioncasecardyellOpposite bore

   Word Origin Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from Middle Dutch.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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