Definitions for screamer

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screamer scream·er

Spelling: [skree-mer]

IPA: /ˈskri mər/

Screamer is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 251 anagrams from letters in screamer (aceemrrs).

Definitions for screamer

noun

1. a person or thing that screams.
2. Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.
3. Printing Slang. an exclamation point.
4. Journalism. a sensational headline. banner (def 7). Compare scarehead.
5. Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.
6. Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call.

Origin of screamer

First recorded in 1705-15; scream + -er¹

Examples for screamer

Father thinks now that it was a 'screamer,' though it might have been a panther.

I had seen the track of the bear they were after, and I knowed he was a screamer.

A screamer with a slight hook on the end that gave the ball an added roll.

It must have been a screamer, for Yorke yelled when he read it.

"Well, you are a screamer, and no mistake," exclaimed he at length.

The accident to the screamer had delayed work at the Ledge but a few days.

Read the screamer's speech with great care, and be ready by twelve.

The screamer began to jabber like a maniac, punctuating his ravings with shrieks.

Under intense media pressure, Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer later revealed himself to be the screamer.

The screamer: “INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY INSULTED REAGAN.”