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verb

Shout v. t.

To utter with a shout; to cry; sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.

To treat with shouts or clamor.

To treat (one) to something; also, to give (something) by way of treating. (Slang, Australia & U. S.)

Shout v. i. (past & past part. shouted; pres. part. shouting)

To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc. "Shouting of the men and women eke." "They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for?"

To entertain with refreshments or the like gratuitously; to treat. (Slang, Australia & U. S.)

To shout at, to utter shouts at; to deride or revile with shouts.

noun

Shout n.

A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage. "The Rhodians, seeing the enemy turn their backs, gave a great shout in derision."

A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshments or the like; a treat. (Slang, Australia & U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Shout'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shout" Quotes from Famous Books

... babies sink to sleep, and even that much-enduring being, the chambermaid, seeks out some corner for repose. Tired and drowsy, you are just sinking into a doze, when bang! goes the boat against the sides of a lock; ropes scrape, men run and shout; and up fly the heads of all the top-shelfites, who are generally the more juvenile and airy ...

— The Wit of Women - Fourth Edition • Kate Sanborn

... fellows like Jim and me—though Jim's a small potato beside me, as you'll soon find out. Suppose you didn't obey orders—just as I do what Finnegan tells me—just as Finnegan does what the big shout down below says? ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... stage-door of Covent Garden, when, after raising a vociferous cheer, such of them as had money rushed round to the gallery doors, and making their appearance in the front just as he came on the stage, set up a boisterous shout of 'Here he is again!' and cheered him enthusiastically, to the infinite amusement of every person in the theatre who had got wind of ...

— A Book of the Play - Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character • Dutton Cook

... that Jake set up a shout and pointed toward the woods. From them a group of men had burst, armed with sticks and stones. They came rushing straight at the ...

— The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly • Margaret Burnham

... forward, raised his crowbar, and dealt a tremendous blow on the upper panel. The result was not in the least what any of them anticipated. There was no cracking or rending of wood—only a dull sound, as if the solid wall had been struck. The man dropped his tool with a shout, and began rubbing his elbow. His cry drew their eyes upon him for a moment; then Anderson looked at the door again. It was gone; the plaster wall of the passage stared him in the face, with a considerable gash in it where the crowbar had ...

— Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) - Ghost Stories • Various

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