scream
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(verb) make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies" |
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Related Words: make noise, noise, resound |
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(noun) sharp piercing cry |
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Synonyms: screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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Related Words: call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell |
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(verb) utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine" |
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Synonyms: yell |
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Related Words: shout |
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(noun) a joke that seems extremely funny |
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Synonyms: belly laugh, howler, riot, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow |
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Related Words: gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh, wheeze, yak |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" |
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Synonyms: screaming, screech, screeching, shreiking, shriek |
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Related Words: noise |
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(verb) utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" |
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Synonyms: call, cry, holler, hollo, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
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Related Words: emit, halloo, hollo, howl, hurrah, let loose, let out, pipe, pipe up, roar, screak, screech, scriech, shriek, shrill, skreak, skreigh, skriech, squawk, ululate, utter, wail, whoop, yawl |
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