shout
/ʃaʊt/ verb B1- To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc. · Mom shouted to us to come sit at the table.
- To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out · They shouted his name to get his attention.
- To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
- To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case, regarded as the electronic messaging equivalent of oral shouting. · Please don't shout in the chat room.
He/she/it shouts · Past shouted · Past participle shouted · -ing form shouting
Verb forms
- Base form
- shout
- He/she/it
- shouts
- Past
- shouted
- Past participle
- shouted
- -ing form
- shouting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I could tell you tales of cobbler’s wax which would disgust you with human nature.’ He stepped over to the window and shouted through it at the top of his voice that the vacancy was filled.
Bell’s spruce grove as usual, fully intending to stay only long enough to “pick a chew.” But spruce groves are seductive and yellow nuts of gum beguiling; they picked and loitered and strayed; and as usual the first thing that recalled them to a sense of the flight of time was Jimmy Glover shouting from the top of a patriarchal old spruce “Master’s coming.”
I’ve found it,” he shouted to my companion, running towards us with a test-tube in his hand.
“Good-bye!” shouted everyone, and all eyes were turned upward to where the Wizard was riding in the basket, rising every moment farther and farther into the sky.
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