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shouting


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shout  \Shout\  (shout),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shouted};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Shouting}.]  [OE.  shouten,  of  unknown  origin;  perhaps 
  akin  to  shoot;  cf  Icel.  sk[=u]ta,  sk[=u]ti,  a  taunt.] 
  To  utter  a  sudden  and  loud  outcry,  as  in  joy,  triumph,  or 
  exultation,  or  to  attract  attention,  to  animate  soldiers, 
  etc 
 
  Shouting  of  the  men  and  women  eke.  --Chaucer. 
 
  They  shouted  thrice:  what  was  the  last  cry  for?  --Shak. 
 
  {To  shout  at},  to  utter  shouts  at  to  deride  or  revile  with 
  shouts. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shouting 
  adj  :  noisy  with  or  as  if  with  loud  cries  and  shouts;  "a  crying 
  mass  of  rioters";  "a  howling  wind";  "shouting  fans"; 
  "the  yelling  fiend"  [syn:  {crying},  {howling},  {yelling}] 
  n  1:  encouragement  in  the  form  of  cheers  from  spectators;  "it's 
  all  over  but  the  shouting"  [syn:  {cheering}] 
  2:  uttering  a  loud  inarticulate  cry  as  of  pain  or  excitement 
  [syn:  {yelling}] 




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