shout meaning
EN
[ʃaʊt] [-aʊt] 
US WShout
- Shout or Shouts may refer to:
- Shout (sound), a loud vocalization
- An Australian, British, and New Zealand term referring to buying a round of drinks
- Shout, or ring shout, a religious dance originating among African slaves in the Americas
- NounPLshouts
- A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
- (Britain, Australia, jargon, slang) A call-out for an emergency services team.
- A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
- VerbSGshoutsPRshoutingPT, PPshouted
- (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
- (transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.
- (transitive, obsolete) To treat with shouts or clamor.
- (colloquial) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
- I′ll shout you all a drink.
- He′s shouting us all to the opening night of the play.
- (Internet) To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case.
- Please don't shout in the chat room.
- (intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- "No Liming or Loitering - No Shouting or Loud Noise" (written on a sign in Port of Spain shopping mall).
- The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.
- "Begone," Clare shouted. She could not bring herself to kill in cold blood. "Begone, or I'll shoot." # "Idiot whore," he shouted back. "You would not dare."
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Shouts and screams burst out from the television's speakers
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of shout in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "shout" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a reporting verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.