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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
shout
 
PRONUNCIATION:  shout
NOUN: A loud cry.
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: shout·ed, shout·ing, shouts
To say with or utter a shout.
PHRASAL VERB:shout down To overwhelm or silence by shouting loudly.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English shoute, perhaps from Old Norse skta, a taunt.
OTHER FORMS:shouterNOUN
SYNONYMS:shout, bawl, bellow, holler1, howl, roar, whoop, yell These verbs mean to say with or make a loud strong cry: fans shouting their approval; bawled out orders; bellows with rage; hollered a warning; howling with pain; a crowd roaring its disapproval; children whooping at play; troops yelling as they attacked.
 
 
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