SCREAMER Definition & Meaning

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screamer

[ skree-mer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

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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

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

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Mitchell highlighted the improvement in New Zealand's catching with a one-handed screamer at first slip to hold Root, one of Smith's 4-86.

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There is a silent partner in every screamer of course.

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Albania have, in particular, made headlines for the number of screamers they’ve scored on the road to Germany.

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“The side of the brain case, how it looks, it’s just identical to a screamer.”

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He pushed the ball through the legs of a Notts County defender, looked up, and from 23 yards out uncorked an absolute screamer into the top corner.

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