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Verb: scream  skreem
  1. Utter a sudden loud cry
    - shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, holler, hollo [non-standard], squall
     
  2. Utter or declare in a very loud voice
    - yell
     
  3. Make a loud, piercing sound
    "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
Noun: scream  skreem
  1. Sharp piercing cry
    - screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching
     
  2. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
    "he heard the scream of the brakes"
    - screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, screaming
     
  3. A joke that seems extremely funny
    - belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, wow, riot

Derived forms: screamed, screams, screaming

See also: screamer

Type of: call, cry, emit, gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh, let loose, let out, make noise, noise, outcry, resound, shout, utter, vociferation, yell

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