Shout Definition
(UK, Australia, jargon, slang) A call-out for an emergency services team.
(intransitive) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
- to silence or overwhelm by loud shouting; shout louder than
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shout
Origin of Shout
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From Middle English shouten. Origin Uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten "to shoot (out)" or from or akin to Old Norse skÅ«ta (“to chide, scold"), Old Norse skÅ«ti, skÅ«ta "a taunt". See also the second, rare sense of the verb scout - "to reject with contempt".
From Wiktionary
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Middle English shoute perhaps from Old Norse skūta a taunt skeud- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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