/ʃaʊt/, /ʃʌʊt/, /ʃuːt/
OriginFrom 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”).
- A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.
“give out a shout”
“hear a desperate shout”
“an ear-piercing shout”
- Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slangA round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
““I′ll get my wine though,” taking out her wallet.
“No. This is my shout,” holding up his hand as though to ward her money off.”
“Cut to the pub on a lads night out,
Man at the bar cos it was his shout”
“2008, George Papaellinas, The Trip: An Odyssey, re.press, Australia, page 6,
It was always my shout down the pub with Theo.”
- Australia, UK, slangA call-out for an emergency services team.
“Yet another ambulance on a shout enters Parliament Square.”
- informalA greeting, name-check or other mention, for example on a radio or TV program.
“Next up the new single from Beyoncé, but first a shout to Barry Bloggins and his wife Belinda...”
- informalA suggestion; an idea.
“Yeah, good shout. We might get an idea of what we're up against before we park up and do business.”
“You're bored, you decide to get a tattoo. Maybe you really like chimps. You sit down with your tattoo artist. Just the chimp, sir? No, hang on. Can you do a chimp, but in a suit? Yeah, nice shout, wha”
“'I could do with a nap myself,' Hope said, trying unsuccessfully to hide a 'There's something about the sea air that wears you out, isn't there?'
Will nodded. 'That's why I suggested we pick up the co”
- UK, dialectalA flat-bottomed boat, a barge (for carrying cargo, etc), now especially a light boat used in duck-shooting.
“Although the density of the flour in particular would be less than that of the wheat, an equivalent 200 quarters of wheat per shout would not seem out of the question here. Again using Table 4, this s”
- intransitiveTo utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
“Mom shouted to us to come sit at the table.”
“They shouted thrice; what was the last cry for?”
“5 And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citi”
- transitiveTo utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out
“They shouted his name to get his attention.”
- figuratively, intransitiveTo forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
“We walk’d together on the crown
Of a high mountain which look’d down
Afar from its proud natural towers
Of rock and forest, on the hills—
The dwindled hills! begirt with bowers
And shouting with a tho”
- Australia, New-Zealand, slangTo pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.
“"It appears to be the general opinion that it's my business to always shout - I will shout." He took up a hat and defiantly cast twopence into it.”
“After shouting me a plate of noodles and limp vegetables, he helped me change money by introducing me to the stallholder who offered the best exchange rates.”
“2003, Peter Watt, To Chase the Storm, Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page,
‘I have not seen my cousin Patrick in years,’ Martin answered defensively. ‘I doubt that, considering the way our lives ”
- InternetTo post a text message (for example, email) in upper case, regarded as the electronic messaging equivalent of oral shouting.
“Please don't shout in the chat room.”
- obsolete, transitiveTo treat with shouts or clamor.
“How would these men have shouted at the laying on of the last stone of the battlements”
Formsshouts(plural) · shouts(present, singular, third-person) · shouting(participle, present) · shouted(participle, past) · shouted(past)
Source: Wiktionary