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scream·er

(skrē′mər)

1. One that screams, especially one that sings harshly or stridently.

2. Slang A sensational headline.

3. Slang One that evokes screams or laughter: The comedian's act is a real screamer.

4. Slang An exclamation point.

5. Baseball A hard-hit line drive.

6. Any of several large waterfowl of the family Anhimidae of South America, having a harsh resonant call.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

screamer

(ˈskriːmə)

1. a person or thing that screams

2. (Animals) any goose-like aquatic bird, such as Chauna torquata (crested screamer), of the family Anhimidae of tropical and subtropical South America: order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, etc)

3. someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment

4. (Journalism & Publishing) slang US and Canadian a sensational headline

5. slang

a. a person or thing that is excellent of its kind

b. See two-pot screamer

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

scream•er

(ˈskri mər)

n.

1. a person or thing that screams.

2. Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.

3. a sensational headline printed in very large type.

4. any of several large, heavy-legged South American birds of the family Anhimidae, with harsh, far-carrying calls.

[1705–15]

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Noun	1.	screamer - someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice bawler, bellower, roarer, screecher, shouter, yeller communicator - a person who communicates with others crier - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
	2.	screamer - a sensational newspaper headline headline, newspaper headline - the heading or caption of a newspaper article
	3.	screamer - gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call water bird, waterbird, waterfowl - freshwater aquatic bird Anhimidae, family Anhimidae - screamers Anhima cornuta, horned screamer - screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead crested screamer - distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head
	4.	screamer - a very hard hit ball scorcher hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"

Translations

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screamer

[ˈskriːməʳ] N (US)

1. (= headline) → titular m muy grande

2. (= joke) → chiste m desternillante
he's a screamer → es la monda

3. (Sport) (= shot) → trallazo m

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