screamer (redirected from Screamers)

scream·er  (skrmr)

n.

1. One that screams, especially one that sings harshly or stridently.

2. Slang A sensational headline.

3. Slang One that evokes screams or laughter: The comedian's act is a real screamer.

4. Slang An exclamation point.

5. Baseball A hard-hit line drive.

6. Any of several large aquatic birds of the family Anhimidae, of South America, that have a harsh resonant call.

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screamer [ˈskriːmə]

n

1. a person or thing that screams

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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.)

3. someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment

4. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) US and Canadian slang a sensational headline

5. Austral slang

a.  a person or thing that is excellent of its kind

b.  See two-pot screamer

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	screamer - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice bawler, bellower, roarer, screecher, shouter, yeller communicator - a person who communicates with others crier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
	2.	screamer - a sensational newspaper headline headline, newspaper headline - the heading or caption of a newspaper article
	3.	screamer - gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call water bird, waterbird, waterfowl - freshwater aquatic bird Anhimidae, family Anhimidae - screamers Anhima cornuta, horned screamer - screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead crested screamer - distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head
	4.	screamer - a very hard hit ball scorcher hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

Translations

screamer [ˈskriːməʳ] N (US)

1. (= headline) → titular m muy grande

2. (= joke) → chiste m desternillante
he's a screamer → es la monda

3. (Sport) (= shot) → trallazo m