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noun
  1. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /í¦/ or /i/, in any case, the loudest and most emphatic sound a human can make tends to be a scream. The term is not generally applied to sounds made by non-humans.
  2. A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
Translations:
  • Dutch: schreeuw
  • German: Schrei
    (trans-mid)
verb
  1. To make the sound of a scream.
  2. To move quickly; to race.
''He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.
Translations:
  • Dutch: schreeuwen
  • French: crier
    1. French, crier
    2. German: schreien
    3. Italian: gridare
      (trans-mid)
    4. Spanish: gritar
Etymology: shreamen (cf Old Norwegian skríma)

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