shout

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
  2. verb utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
  3. verb utter a sudden loud cry

Etymology

From Middle English shouten. Further origin uncertain. Possibly related to Middle English shooten (“to shoot (out)”) or from or akin to Old Norse skúta (“to chide, scold”), Old Norse skúti, skúta (“a taunt”). See also the second, rare sense of the verb scout (“to reject with contempt”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

cry, outcry, call, yell, vociferation

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