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shout fire in a crowded theater

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
shout -fire in a crowd-ed the-ater
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To say something which is not protected by the First Amendment's right to freedom of speech because it would incite violence, panic or lawlessness.

Inflected Forms

shouts fire in a crowded theater (present, singular) shouting fire in a crowded theater (participle, present) shouted fire in a crowded theater (participle, past) shouted fire in a crowded theater (past)

Questions

What does shout fire in a crowded theater mean?
To say something which is not protected by the First Amendment's right to freedom of speech because it would incite violence, panic or lawlessness.

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