shout
31shout — 1. (the) peremptory dismissal from employment Dismissed employees may say they have had the shout, even if dismissed sotto voce or in writing. 2. an obligation to pay for a round of drinks in a bar Only euphemistic when someone is… …
32Shout — /ʃaʊt/ (say showt) noun Alfred John, 1881–1915, Australian soldier and carpenter, born in NZ; awarded the Victoria Cross at Gallipoli during World War I. New Zealand born Boer War veteran Alfred Shout settled in Sydney in 1905, where he worked as …
33shout — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, alleluia, aller sans dire, applaud, applause, bark, battle cry, bawl, be in stitches, be manifest, be no secret, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blare forth, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about,… …
34shout — I Australian Slang turn to buy a round of drinks usually II Australian English Pay for someone else, particularly a round of drinks. III Gullah Words n and v shout, shouts; shout, shouts, shouted, shouting; frenzied outcries of a religious… …
35shout — I. n British 1. a round of drinks or the ordering thereof It s my shout. 2. a message indicating an emergency, request for help, etc. (usually by radio). A piece of jargon used by police and the emergency services. II. vb Australian 1. also shout …
36shout — [[t]ʃaʊt[/t]] v. i. 1) to call or cry out loudly 2) to utter loudly 3) a loud call or cry: a shout for help[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50; ME shoute (n.), shouten (v.) shout′er, n …
37shout — shouter, n. /showt/, v.i. 1. to call or cry out loudly and vigorously. 2. to speak or laugh noisily or unrestrainedly. v.t. 3. to utter or yell (something) loudly. 4. Australian. to treat (another) to a drink, meal, amusement, or the like. n. 5.… …
38Shout — This interesting and unusual name recorded in church registers of Wiltshire and Devonshire from the mid 16th Century under the variant spellings Showt(e), Shute, Shoutt and Shoute, is of locational origin from any of the places in these counties… …
39shout in — phr verb Shout in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ear …
40shout — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. & n. scream, call, bawl, bellow, yell; whoop, cheer, roar. See cry, rejoicing, loudness. Ant., whisper. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. yell, roar, bellow, scream; see cry 1 , yell 1 . v. Syn. screech, roar,… …
