- a loud cry of anger, fear, excitement, etc.
- angry shouts
- I heard her warning shout too late.
- shout of something a shout of anger/encouragement
- Thunderous applause and shouts of 'bravo' greeted his performance.
- Charlie gave a shout of joy and even his brothers looked pleased.
- shout from somebody/something He ignored the loud shouts from the crowd outside.
- A shout from downstairs broke the silence.
Extra Examples- A great shout of excitement went up as she crossed the line.
- There were shouts of laughter from the crowd.
- With a shout of pain, he pulled his hand away from the hot stove.
- We heard angry shouts coming from the apartment below.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- loud
- faint
- …
- chorus
- give
- let out
- hear
- …
- echo
- go up
- ring out
- …
- with a shout
- shout from
- shout of
- …
- [usually singular] (British English, informal) a person’s turn to buy drinks
- What are you drinking? It's my shout.
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps related to shoot; compare with Old Norse skúta ‘a taunt’.
Idioms
See shout in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee shout in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe in with a shout (of something/of doing something)
- (informal) to have a good chance of winning something or of achieving something
give somebody a shout
- (informal) to tell somebody something
- Give me a shout when you're ready.
- Give me a shout if you'd like to come with us.
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