screamer
IPA: skrˈimɝ
noun
- One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
- Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.
- (obsolete, US, hunting) A healthy, vigorous animal.
- A healthy, vigorous person.
- Something exceptionally good.
- (sports, cricket) A difficult catch.
- (sports, baseball) A very hard hit.
- (sports, Australian rules football) A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).
- (sports, soccer, golf) A powerful shot.
- (sports, surfing) A very large wave.
- (music) A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd.
- (Internet slang) A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.
- (slang) An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual.
- (US, slang, dated) A bouncer.
- (journalism, slang) An exclamation mark.
- (journalism, slang) A large, attention-getting headline.
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Examples of "screamer" in Sentences
- Comments known that it was a screamer.
- It can means the screamer prank, or other.
- Sky Screamer had a lift chain, not a cable.
- They found a temporary screamer for the band.
- Chauna is a genus of birds in the screamer family.
- A screamer is a descriptive name for a circus march.
- As he himself has proudly said I'm a screamer, a yeller and a cusser.
- Other names include catamount, panther, mountain screamer and painter.
- Se7en is the writer, rapper, screamer, and music producer of the group.
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