Meaning

17 senses
  1. One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.

    Schreier, Schreierin, Schreihals

    крику́нkrykún, горла́ньhorlánʹ

  2. Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.

    Wehrvogel

    паламеде́яpalamedéja

  3. A healthy, vigorous person.

  4. Something exceptionally good.

  5. A difficult catch.

  6. A very hard hit.

    a very hard hit ball

  7. A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).

  8. A powerful shot.

  9. A very large wave.

  10. A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd.

  11. (Internet)A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.

  12. (slang)An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. A screamer isn't a singer.

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  2. Tom is a two-pot screamer and it's embarrassing going to the pub with him.

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  3. "She's a screamer." "What?" "She screams when she has sex."

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who screams:
Русский
By meaning 1
bird of family Anhimidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who screams:
bird of family Anhimidae:

Forms

plural: screamers
Singularscreamer
Pluralscreamers

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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