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screamer

[ skree-mer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that screams.
Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.
Printing Slang. an exclamation point.
Journalism. Compare scare-head ( def ).
1. a sensational headline.
2. banner ( def 7 ).
Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.
Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call. horned screamer ( def ).

screamer

/ ˈskriːmə /

a person or thing that screams
any goose-like aquatic bird, such as Chauna torquata ( crested screamer ), of the family Anhimidae of tropical and subtropical South America: order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, etc)
someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment
slang.
a sensational headline
slang.
1. a person or thing that is excellent of its kind
2. See two-pot screamer

First recorded in 1705–15; scream + -er ¹

The screamer: “INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY INSULTED REAGAN.”

Under intense media pressure, Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer later revealed himself to be the screamer.

"Well, you are a screamer, and no mistake," exclaimed he at length.

It produced one for Windy—a screamer, flying with the speed of a rifle bullet.

It will be as well to stop that young screamer though, in case I should be tempted to do him a mischief.

Before she reached the crest, she was aware of muffled screams, which sounded as if the screamer was shut up in a trunk.

And he proceeded to smack a perfect screamer down the middle of the course—two hundred and fifty yards if it was an inch.

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