scream

noun

/skɹiːm/UK

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate to Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.

derived from skræma
derived from scremen
inherited from scremen

Definitions

A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or…
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.
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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.
A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud,…
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.
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1. 4
  Used 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
2. An exclamation mark.
3. 6
  To cry out with a shrill voice
  To 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.
  - 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!"
4. 7
  To move quickly
  To move quickly; to race.
  - He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.
5. 8
  To be very indicative of
  To 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.

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Derived

Howie scream, primal scream, screamo, scream queen, Wilhelm scream, kicking and screaming, scream bloody murder, scream blue murder, scream for, screaming abdabs, screaming hairy armadillo, screaming jelly babies, screaming meemie, screaming orgasm, screaming sixties, screaming snake case, scream loudest, scream one's head off

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at scream. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at scream. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at scream

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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