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- [skree-mer]
- /ˈskri mər/
- /ˈskriːmə/
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- [skree-mer]
- /ˈskri mər/
Definitions of screamer word
- noun screamer a person or thing that screams. 1
- noun screamer Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like. 1
- noun screamer Printing Slang. an exclamation point. 1
- noun screamer Journalism. a sensational headline. banner (def 7). Compare scarehead. 1
- noun screamer Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive. 1
- noun screamer Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call. 1
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Origin of screamer
First appearance:
before 1705 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1705-15; scream + -er1
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Parts of speech for Screamer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
screamer popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
screamer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for screamer
noun screamer
- advertising — Advertising is the activity of creating advertisements and making sure people see them.
- billings — Josh (dʒɑʃ ) ; jäsh) (pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw) 1818-85; U.S. humorist
- boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
- booboos — a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
- burgee — a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club
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