shout

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Etymology

Middle English shouten. Origin Uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten "to shoot (out)" or from or akin to Old Norse skūta (“to chide, scold”), Old Norse skūti, skūta "a taunt".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ʃaʊt/, SAMPA: /SaUt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊt

Noun

shout (plural shouts)

1. A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
2. (Australian, New Zealand, UK, slang) a round of drinks in a pub, the turn to pay the shot or scot: Whose shout?!
   • 2006, Lily Allen, Knock 'Em Out

     Cut to the pub on a lads night out,

     Man at the bar cos it was his shout

3. (UK, Australian, slang) a call-out for an emergency services team.

Translations

a loud burst of voice

Anglo-Norman: cri m. Arabic: صيحة (ar) (ṣiyāḥa) f., صيح (ar) (ṣiyāḥ) m. Armenian: գոռոց (hy) (goṙoc’) Danish: råb n., skrig n. Dutch: schreeuw (nl) m. Esperanto: krio (eo) French: cri (fr) m. Old French: cri m. Middle French: cri m. German: Schrei (de) m.

Italian: grido (it) m. Latin: clamor (la) Luhya: luyoka Norwegian: rop (no) m. Polish: krzyk (pl) m. Portuguese: grito (pt) m. Russian: крик (ru) (krik) m., возглас (ru) (vózglas) m. Spanish: grito (es) m. Swahili: yowe (sw) Telugu: అరుపు (arupu)

Verb

shout (third-person singular simple present shouts, present participle shouting, simple past and past participle shouted)

1. (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
2. (transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.
3. To treat with shouts or clamor.
4. (colloquial) To buy food or drinks for others.

   I'll shout you all a drink.

5. (Internet) To enter a text message (for example, email) in upper case.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:shout

Derived terms

• shout down

Translations

to utter a sudden and loud outcry

Anglo-Norman: crier Arabic: صرخ (ar) (ṣáraxa) (present tense: يصرخ yaṣruxu), صاح (ar) (ṣāḥa) (present tense: يصيح yaṣīḥu) Armenian: գոռալ (hy) (goṙal), բղավել (hy) (bġavel) Belarusian: крычаць (be) (kryčác’) Bulgarian: викам (bg) (víkam), крещя (bg) (kreštja) Chinese: Mandarin: 喊叫 (cmn) (hǎnjiào), 呼喊 (cmn) (hūhǎn) Crimean Tatar: cekirmek, qıçırmaq, bağırmaq, ökürmek Czech: křičet (cs) Danish: råbe, skrige Dutch: schreeuwen (nl) Finnish: huutaa (fi) French: crier (fr) Old French: crier Middle French: crier German: schreien (de) Hindi: चिल्लाना (hi) (cillānā) Hungarian: kiált (hu) Ido: klamar Italian: gridare (it) Japanese: 叫ぶ (ja) (さけぶ, sakebu) Korean: 소리치다 (ko) (sorichida), 외치다 (ko) (oechida)

Latin: clamō (la), vociferor (la) Latvian: kliegt (lv) Macedonian: вика (mk) (víka) Norwegian: rope (no) Persian: فریاد کردن (fa) (faryād kardan) Polish: krzyczeć (pl) Portuguese: gritar (pt) Romanian: striga (ro), urla (ro), țipa (ro) Russian: кричать (ru) (kričát’) impf., крикнуть (ru) (kríknut') pf., закричать (ru) (zakričát') pf. Scottish Gaelic: ràn Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кричати (sh) Roman: kričati (sh) Slovak: kričať (sk) Slovene: kričati (sl) Spanish: gritar (es) Swahili: kupiga kilele Swedish: skrika (sv) Telugu: అరుచు (aruchu) Thai: ตะโกน (th) (dtà-gohn), กระโชก (th) (grà-chôhk) Ukrainian: кричати (uk) (kryčáty) Urdu: چلانا (ur) (cillānā) Vietnamese: kêu la (vi), la hét (vi), hò hét (vi), quát tháo (vi)

to utter with a shout

French: crier (fr) German: schreien (de) Interlingua: critar (ia) Italian: gridare (it) Korean: 소리치다 (sorichida), 외치다 (oechida)

Latin: clamo (la), vociferor (la) Latvian: kliegt (lv) Norwegian: rope (no) Polish: krzyczeć (pl)

to treat with shouts or clamor

German: anschreien (de) Italian: acclamare (it)

Polish: krzyczeć (pl)

to buy food or drinks for others

German: spendieren (de), schmeißen (de)

Italian: offrire (it)

to enter a text message in upper case

Norwegian: rope (no)

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