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1. Utter a sudden loud cry
   "she screamed with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";
   - shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, holler, hollo [non-standard], squall
    
2. Utter or declare in a very loud voice
   "You don't have to scream--I can hear you just fine";
   - yell
    
3. Make a loud, piercing sound
   "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
    
4. Move quickly and violently
   "The car screamed down the street";
   - tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, bomb [Brit]

1. Sharp piercing cry
   "her scream attracted the neighbours";
   - 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: screams, screamed, screaming

Type of: belt along, bucket along, call, cannonball along, cry, emit, gag, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, jape, jest, joke, laugh, let loose, let out, make noise, noise, outcry, pelt along, race, resound, rush, rush along, shout, speed, step on it, travel rapidly, utter, vociferation, yell, zip

Encyclopedia: Scream, Dracula, Scream