scream

noun

1. 1

   A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.

2. 2

   A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.

   I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare.

3. 3

   A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.

4. 4

   informalUsed as an intensifier.

   We had a real scream of a time at the beach.

   Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless

5. 5

   An exclamation mark.

verb

1. 1

   figurativeTo cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.

   I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.

   When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather." "Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon," said Gubjor; "when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched."

   Well, I waited and I waited / For some word from down below / And then ol' Harley started screaming / "Run, my God, now, Carter, go man go!"

   Meanwhile, the authoritarianism, which has turned left-liberalism into a movement for sneaks and prudes, was always going to play into the hands of the right. Free citizens have stopped listening to those who respond to the challenge of argument by screaming for the police to arrest the politically incorrect or for universities to ban speakers who depart from leftish orthodoxy.

2. 2

   figurativeTo move quickly; to race.

   He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.

3. 3

   figurativeTo be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.

   Do you know what screams "I’m obnoxious"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.

   Nothing screams fall like corduroy! I'm loving this deep seafoam green shacket—made of the thick, ribbed material—that'll give a fab pop of color to a muted ensemble.

Forms

plural

screams

past tense

screamed, screamt

past participle

screamed, screamt

present participle

screaming

third person singular

screams