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screaming

noun

  1. voice type
L327293 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L340187 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/

adj

  1. Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
  2. Obvious; distinct.
  3. First-rate; splendid.

    All undergraduate libraries have been a screaming success as study halls. The Undergraduate Library of the University of Michigan may be the smash hit of all time; the attendance in that library during 1968-69 was 1,899,000.

  4. Hilariously funny; calculated to make people roar with laughter.

    a screaming farce

  5. Effeminate, flamboyant or otherwise obviously gay.

    Did you see that guy at the bar? Screaming!

noun

  1. A scream.

    The hissings and screamings of the vulgar against him as he moved forward on his stedfast course he heeded less than those of geese on a common.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of scream

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:scream.

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