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screamer

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.screamer - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voicescreamer - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
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
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
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 screameres la monda
3. (Sport) (= shot) → trallazo m


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It will be as well to stop that young screamer though, in case I should be tempted to do him a mischief.
We saw also an autograph letter of Lucrezia Borgia, a lady for whom I have always entertained the highest respect, on account of her rare histrionic capabilities, her opulence in solid gold goblets made of gilded wood, her high distinction as an operatic screamer, and the facility with which she could order a sextuple funeral and get the corpses ready for it.
Then he would dart into the hut during the excitement, throttle the chief screamer, and be gone into the jungle before the blacks could gather their scattered nerves for an assault.
 
 
 
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