screamer

Plural: screamers

Noun

• One that utters a prolonged, piercing cry.
• someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
• a sensational newspaper headline
• gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
• a very hard hit ball
• 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.
• A healthy, vigorous animal.
• A healthy, vigorous person.
• Something exceptionally good.
• A difficult catch.
• A very hard hit.
• A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).
• A powerful shot.
• A very large wave.
• A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd.
• A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.
• An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual.
• A bouncer.
• An exclamation mark.
• A large, attention-getting headline.

Examples

• The play of ’QUIXOTIC’ was a real SCREAMER, changing the Words With Friends game entirely.

Synonyms

bawler, bellower, roarer, scorcher, screecher, shouter, yeller

Related Words

Anhimidae