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Plural for a long, loud, piercing cry expressing extreme emotion or pain
“She shuddered when she heard a loud scream from behind her.”
Plural for an amusing situation or person
“According to the critics, the new movie is a real scream.”
(of a person) Plural for someone who is very funny
“He's an absolute scream and is always popular at drunken parties.”
To cry (something) in a high-pitched, frenzied way
“There are the odd occasions where they shout and scream abuse and are taken off to Westlea Police Station.”
To complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
“Angry residents would scream that their neighborhood still hadn't been plowed a week after the snowstorm.”
To laugh in a noisy, gleeful way
“Audiences would scream with laughter when the troupe performed their humorous skit.”
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