shoutverb
uk/ʃaʊt/us/ʃaʊt/shout verb (USE LOUD VOICE)
A2 [ I ] to speak with a very loud voice, often as loud as possible, usually when you want to make yourself heard in noisy situations, or when the person you are talking to is a long way away or cannot hear very well:
A2 [ I or T ] to express strong emotions, such as anger, fear, or excitement, or to express strong opinions, in a loud voice:
A2 [ I ] to try to attract attention in a loud voice:
More examples
- He was very cool and calm about the mishap, and didn't shout or lose his temper.
- I had to shout to make myself heard above the din.
- She didn't half shout at him !
- I had this sudden impulse to shout out "Rubbish!" in the middle of her speech.
- There's no need to shout, for goodness' sake! Just calm down.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- be in full cry idiom
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (sth) out
- clamour
- cry out
- holler
- howl
- lung
- scream your head off idiom
- scream/shout blue murder idiom
- screech
- shouting
- shriek
- squawk
- squee
- thunder
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shout verb (DRINKS)
[ T + two objects ] Australian English informal to buy a drink for someone:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drinking alcohol
- after hours idiom
- bender
- binge drinking
- booze
- booze-up
- drinking
- drinking-up time
- drown your sorrows idiom
- Dutch courage
- hangover
- happy hour
- hatch
- mud
- on the booze idiom
- out of hours idiom
- piss-up
- poison
- pub crawl
- put sth back
- spike
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Idiom(s)
Phrasal verb(s)
shoutnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃaʊt/us/ʃaʊt/shout noun [ C ] (LOUD VOICE)
B1 the act of saying something very loudly or making a very loud sound with your voice:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- be in full cry idiom
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (sth) out
- clamour
- cry out
- holler
- howl
- lung
- scream your head off idiom
- scream/shout blue murder idiom
- screech
- shouting
- shriek
- squawk
- squee
- thunder
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shout noun [ C ] (DRINKS)
UK informal a set of drinks for a group of people, or a particular person's turn to buy them:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Drinking alcohol
- after hours idiom
- bender
- binge drinking
- booze
- booze-up
- drinking
- drinking-up time
- drown your sorrows idiom
- Dutch courage
- hangover
- happy hour
- hatch
- mud
- on the booze idiom
- out of hours idiom
- piss-up
- poison
- pub crawl
- put sth back
- spike
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