1a long, loud, piercing cry expressing extreme emotion or pain:they were awakened by screams for help
a high-pitched cry made by an animal:the screams of the seagulls
2a loud, piercing sound:the scream of a falling bomb
3 [in singular] informal an irresistibly funny person, thing, or situation:the movie’s a scream
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1give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing extreme emotion or pain:they could hear him screaming in pain (as adjective screaming)a harassed mum with a screaming child
[reporting verb] cry something in a high-pitched, frenzied way: [no object]:I ran to the house screaming for help [with direct speech]:‘Get out!’ he screamed [with object]:he screamed abuse down the phone
urgently and vociferously call attention to one’s views or feelings, especially ones of anger or distress: [with clause]:his supporters scream that he is being done an injustice figurativethe creative side of me is screaming out for attention
2make a loud, high-pitched sound:sirens were screaming from all over the city
[no object, with adverbial of direction] move very rapidly with or as if with a loud, high-pitched sound:a shell screamed overhead
3 informal, dated turn informer:he never got paid and my information is he’s ready to scream
