Complete Definition of "scream"

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Pronunciation
IPA: /'skrim/
audio|en-us-scream.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�m|-i�m

Etymology
shreamen (cf Old Norwegian skræma)

Noun
en-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 /æ/ 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
trans-top|loud exclamation
Dutch: schreeuw m
German: Schrei m
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Kurdish: KUchar|�����
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Verb
scream

  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
trans-top|to make the sound of a scream
Arabic: ARchar|صرخ IPAchar|(�ára�a)
Chinese: �� (ji�njiào)
Dutch: schreeuwen
Finnish: huutaa, kirkua
French: crier#French|crier
German: schreien
Hungarian: kiálta
Italian: gridare
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Japanese: �鳴����|��� (�������, himei o ageru)
Korean: �리�르� (sorijireuda)
Kurdish: KUchar|���ا�د�
Norwegian: skrike, hyle
Portuguese: gritar
Russian: к�и�а�� (kri�át�)
Scottish Gaelic: sgal, ràn
Spanish: gritar
Swedish: skrika
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See also
have a scream

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