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screamer

ˈskrimər
WordNet
  1. (n) screamer
    a very hard hit ball
  2. (n) screamer
    gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
  3. (n) screamer
    a sensational newspaper headline
  4. (n) screamer
    someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Screamer
    An exclamation mark.
  2. Screamer
    skrēm"ẽr (Zoöl) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidæ, and the suborder Palamedeæ. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
  3. Screamer
    Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) screamer
    One who or that which screams.
  2. (n) screamer
    In ornithology, specifically, one of several different birds. The cariama or seriema, Cariama cristata, more fully called crested screamer. See cut under seriema.
  3. (n) screamer
    Something very great, excellent, or exciting; a thing that attracts the attention or draws forth screams of astonishment, delight, etc.; a whacker; a bouncer.
  4. (n) screamer
    Specifically, in golf, an unusually long shot.
  5. (n) screamer
    The exclamation-point (!).
  6. (n) screamer
    A heading in unusually bold type.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Screamer
    one who screams: a genus of South American birds about the size of the turkey, with loud, harsh cry:
  2. (n) Screamer
    (U.S. slang) a bouncer
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Scand., Ice. skræma, Sw. skrämma, to fear; cf. Screech, Shriek.

Usage in the news

So, the primal screamers of Occupy Wall Street resurfaced in New York on Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of their, ah, uh. nydailynews.com

'I actually cracked a little tear,' says chief screamer Chester Bennington. rollingstone.com

Over Sixty Years to Muzzle the Screamers. knofm.org

Sessegnon stuns Fulham with screamer Posted: Nov 18, 2012 Check out Stephane Sessegnon's long range effort away to Fulham. msn.foxsports.com

The Screamer He flies off the handle at the slightest provocation. mensfitness.com

The quick profile on Haley was that he was an ultra-intense coach and a screamer. altoonamirror.com

Watch Screamer Lunge in the Fitness Video. fitnessmagazine.com

Silver Screamer Seeks Second Grade III Win. bloodhorse.com

Qualcomm's Quad-Core Screamer : Hands On, Benchmarked. pcmag.com

Silver Screamer Scores Upset Eatontown Win. bloodhorse.com

Silver Screamer comes home strong to win the Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth. bloodhorse.com

New Ride "Sky Screamer " at Six Flags Great Adventure. courant.com

Latest Dell PowerEdge A Screamer . crn.com

"Jennifer's Body" has a lot more smarts than your average screamer . denverpost.com

Gareth Bale scored two late goals, his second an 88th-minute screamer, to earn Wales a 2-1 victory over Scotland on Friday that revived his team's hopes in World Cup qualifying. the-review.com

Usage in literature

And neither she nor her dog belonged to the breed of screamers. "Further Adventures of Lad" by Albert Payson Terhune

In this room could be collected all the screamers to enjoy their own powers. "The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner" by Charles Dudley Warner

They coughs up a screamer apiece, or this act don't begin actin'. "Down the Mother Lode" by Vivia Hemphill

Put down you catgut screamer, and fetch me a pint. "Thelma" by Marie Corelli

Oh my, it's a screamer! "Tom, Dick and Harry" by Talbot Baines Reed

It must have been a screamer, for Yorke yelled when he read it. "The Cock-House at Fellsgarth" by Talbot Baines Reed

I 'ad 'im down to the smith t'other day, sir, an' says 'e to me, says 'e, `That's a screamer, that is. "The Young Fur Traders" by R.M. Ballantyne

That screamer was sent to me. "The Billow and the Rock" by Harriet Martineau

He loves Sal, the worst kind; and if she gets up there, she'll think she has got to Palestine (Paradise); ain't she a screamer? "Diary in America, Series One" by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

Take your choice between serving me on salary or writing 'screamers' and speeches for nothing. "A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike" by Charles King

Usage in poetry
'"Fish I sent you, sent you turtle,
Chip-chip, conch, flamingo red,
Woodland paui, horned screamer,
And blue ramier overhead.