shout
verb
- To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
- To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out
- To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
- To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case, regarded as the electronic messaging equivalent of oral shouting.
- To treat with shouts or clamor.
noun
- loud vocalization
- A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
- A call-out for an emergency services team.
- A greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV programme.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ʃaʊt/ / /ʃʌʊt/ / /ʃuːt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English shout(e), from Middle Dutch schûte (“boat or light ship”). Doublet of schuit, see there for more. Compare scout (“swift sailing boat”).
- A flat-bottomed boat, a barge (for carrying cargo, etc), now especially a light boat used in duck-shooting.
“Although the density of the flour in particular would be less than that of the wheat, an equivalent 200 quarters of wheat per shout would not seem out of the question here. Again using Table 4, this suggests quite large boats carrying nearly 35 tons. If the 'Blackfriars 3' shout did indeed carry only 7.5 tons, then the shouts coming from Henley in 1345 were considerably bigger vessels, […]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English shouten. Further origin uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten (“to shoot (out)”) or from or akin to Old Norse skúta (“to chide, scold”), Old Norse skúti, skúta (“a taunt”). See also the second, rare sense of the verb scout (“to reject with contempt”).
- To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
“Mom shouted to us to come sit at the table.”
“They shouted thrice; what was the last cry for?”
- To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out
“They shouted his name to get his attention.”
- To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
“We walk’d together on the crown Of a high mountain which look’d down Afar from its proud natural towers Of rock and forest, on the hills— The dwindled hills! begirt with bowers And shouting with a thousand rills.”
- To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
“"It appears to be the general opinion that it's my business to always shout - I will shout." He took up a hat and defiantly cast twopence into it.”
“After shouting me a plate of noodles and limp vegetables, he helped me change money by introducing me to the stallholder who offered the best exchange rates.”
- To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case, regarded as the electronic messaging equivalent of oral shouting.
“Please don't shout in the chat room.”
- To treat with shouts or clamor.
“How would these men have shouted at the laying on of the last stone of the battlements”