- shout
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ great, loud▪ faint, muffled▪ distant▪ sudden▪ angry▪ joyous, triumphant▪ warning… OF SHOUTS▪ chorusVERB + SHOUT▪ give, let out▪ hear▪
I heard her warning shout too late.
▪ be greeted with▪ give sb (figurative)▪Give me a shout if you'd like to come with us.
SHOUT + VERB▪ echo, go up, ring out▪A great shout of excitement went up as she crossed the line.
PREPOSITION▪ with a shout▪With a shout of pain, he pulled his hand away.
▪ shout from▪There were shouts of laughter from the crowd.
▪ shout of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a shout of anger/laughter/victory
verbADVERB▪ aloud▪‘I'm done for!’ he shouted aloud.
▪ loudly▪ hoarsely▪ frantically, hysterically, wildly▪ angrily, furiously▪ happily, triumphantly▪ almost, nearly, practically▪He found he was almost shouting.
▪ suddenly▪ back▪‘Go on then!’ he shouted back at them.
▪ out▪ down, up▪Jorge shouted up to her.
VERB + SHOUT▪ want to▪ try to▪ open your mouth to▪He opened his mouth to shout, but no sound came out.
▪ begin to, start to▪ hear sb▪I could hear him shouting into the telephone.
PREPOSITION▪ about▪What were they shouting about?
▪ above▪We had to shout above the noise of the engines.
▪ after▪We shouted after him, but he couldn't hear us.
▪ at▪There's no need to shout at me!
▪ for▪We shouted for help.
▪ in▪to shout in anger/frustration/pain
▪ over▪Emily shouted over the din of the alarms.
▪ to▪He shouted to the driver to stop.
▪ with▪to shout with delight/glee/joy
PHRASES▪ keep on shouting, keep shouting▪ shout and scream▪They were surrounded by people shouting and screaming.
▪ shout at the top of your lungs (AmE), shout at the top of your voice (BrE)▪ shout in unison▪The crowd shouted back in unison.
▪ shout yourself hoarse▪She shouted herself hoarse, cheering on the team.
▪ start shouting, stop shoutingShout is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑command, ↑congratulations, ↑encouragement, ↑greeting, ↑instruction, ↑insult, ↑obscenity, ↑order, ↑slogan, ↑taunt, ↑wares, ↑warning, ↑word
Collocations dictionary. 2013.