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screamer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun screamer has 4 senses
- screamer(n = noun.person) bawler, bellower, roarer, screecher, shouter, yeller - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice; Array is a kind of communicator
- screamer(n = noun.communication) Array - a sensational newspaper headline; Array is a kind of headline, newspaper headline
- screamer(n = noun.animal) Array - gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call; Array is a kind of water bird, waterbird, waterfowl
- screamer(n = noun.act) scorcher - a very hard hit ball; Array is a kind of hit, hitting, striking
has particulars: crier
Derived form verb scream2
is a member of anhimidae, family anhimidae
has particulars: anhima cornuta, horned screamer, crested screamer
Derived forms verb scream2, verb scream1
CIDE DICTIONARY
screamer, n.
- Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family
Anhimidæ , and the suborderPalamedeæ . They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genusChauna . The horned screamer, or kamichi, isPalamedea cornuta . [1913 Webster] - Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- An exclamation mark. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
screamer, n.
1 a person or thing that screams.
2 any S. American goose-like bird of the family Anhimidae, frequenting marshland and having a characteristic shrill cry.
3 colloq. a tale that raises screams of laughter.
4 US colloq. a sensational headline.
1 a person or thing that screams.
2 any S. American goose-like bird of the family Anhimidae, frequenting marshland and having a characteristic shrill cry.
3 colloq. a tale that raises screams of laughter.
4 US colloq. a sensational headline.
THESAURUS
screamer
banner, banner head, bloomer, blooper, bobble, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, boob stunt, boot, caption, drop head, dropline, dumb trick, epigraph, fool mistake, foozle, foul-up, goof, hanger, head, heading, headline, howler, jump head, legend, louse-up, motto, muck-up, overline, pratfall, rubric, running head, running title, scarehead, screw-up, spread, spreadhead, streamer, subhead, subheading, subtitle, superscription, title, title page
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