Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

screamer

/ˈskɹimɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: scream-er
IPA: /ˈskɹimɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.

noun

Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.

noun

A healthy, vigorous animal.

American usage; Obsolete

noun

A healthy, vigorous person.

noun

Something exceptionally good.

noun

A difficult catch.

noun

A very hard hit.

noun

A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).

Example Sentences

"'Don't be frightened, mistress,' said Quilp, after a pause. 'Your son knows me; I don't eat babies; I don't like 'em. It will be as well to stop that young screamer though, in case I should be tempted to do him a mischief. Holloa, sir! Will you be quiet?'"
"He stood almost appalled for a moment, as he said to himself that she would take her up and the girl would be ruined, would force her note and become a screamer."
"In my opinion, Sarah was a total screamer. […] She screams in BRAIN OF MORIBUS, PYRAMIDS OF MARS, PLANET OF EVIL, REVENGE OF CYBERMEN, GENESIS OF DALEKS, SEEDS OF DOOM, ARK IN SPACE, etc, etc. In just about all her stories. When she is not screaming she is yelping, "Run Doctor RUNNNNNN!""
"I had seen the track of the bear they were after, and I knowed he was a screamer."
""[…]I do not judge hastily, Alec, for I have read a dozen, at least, of these stories, and, with much that is attractive to boys, I find a great deal to condemn in them, and other parents say the same when I ask them." "Now, Mum, that's too bad! I like 'em tip-top. This one is a regular screamer," cried Will."
"But then he came around the wicket again, I slashed at one, and Strauss, at full stretch diving to his left at second slip, took an absolute screamer. It was the catch of the summer, and it happened to me."

Etymology

Etymology tree English scream Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English screamer From scream + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈskɹimɚ/
British English: /ˈskɹiːmə/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

screamers (plural)

Phrases

black-necked screamer crested screamer horned screamer northern screamer shelf-screamer southern screamer two pot screamer

Frequently Paired Words

Anhimidae

Synonyms

scorcher roarer bawler bellower screecher shouter yeller

Rhymes With

steamer dreamer streamer femur creamer lemur bremer beamer kremer schemer cremer beemer

Questions

How do you pronounce screamer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskɹimɚ/.
What does screamer mean?: One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
Where does screamer come from?: Etymology tree English scream Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English screamer From scream + -er.

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