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"derived": [
{
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"word": "Howie scream"
},
{
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"word": "primal scream"
},
{
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"word": "scream queen"
},
{
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"word": "Wilhelm scream"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "scremen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English scremen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "scræmen"
},
"expansion": "scræmen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "scremen",
"4": "",
"5": "to yell; shout"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "skræma",
"4": "",
"5": "to terrify; scare"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schremen",
"3": "",
"4": "to shout; yell; cry"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schremen (“to shout; yell; cry”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "skrämma",
"3": "",
"4": "to spook; frighten"
},
"expansion": "Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "skræmme",
"3": "",
"4": "to scare"
},
"expansion": "Danish skræmme (“to scare”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "skrieme",
"3": "",
"4": "to weep"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "skräna",
"3": "",
"4": "to yell; shout; howl"
},
"expansion": "Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schreien",
"3": "",
"4": "to cry; weep"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schreien",
"3": "",
"4": "to scream"
},
"expansion": "German schreien (“to scream”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English scremen, scræmen, probably from a fusion of Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare Dutch schremen (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "screams",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "scream (plural screams)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound."
],
"id": "en-scream-en-noun-KadpfL-I",
"links": [
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"loud",
"loud"
],
[
"emphatic",
"emphatic"
],
[
"exclamation",
"exclamation"
],
[
"extreme",
"extreme"
],
[
"emotion",
"emotion"
],
[
"horror",
"horror"
],
[
"fear",
"fear"
],
[
"excitement",
"excitement"
],
[
"anger",
"anger"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"high",
"high"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel"
],
[
"sound",
"sound"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sio͂ra",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "চিঞৰা"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cillani",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "চিল্লানি"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vik",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вик"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pisǎk",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "писък"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crit"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "喊聲"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎnshēng",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "喊声"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výkřik"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skrig"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schreeuw"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "sbḥ",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "s-b-H-bH-A2"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "krio"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kirkuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kirkuminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cri"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "berro"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brado"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grido"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "argüido"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frémito"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳivili",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "კივილი"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇virili",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ყვირილი"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schrei"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xefonitó",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ξεφωνητό"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kravgí",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κραυγή"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ourliachtó",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ουρλιαχτό"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "foní trómou",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "φωνή τρόμου"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "foní pónou",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "φωνή πόνου"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oxeía kravgí",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "οξεία κραυγή"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsrachá",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "צרחה"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "sikoly"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "sikítás"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "visítás"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "öskur"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scread"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "urlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grido"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "himei",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "悲鳴"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kulayit"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"alt": "悲鳴",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bimyeong",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "비명"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sori",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "소리"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"alt": "絶叫",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeolgyu",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "절규"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "qîje",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "قیژە"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kliegt"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vresok",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вресок"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "piskotnica",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пискотница"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "jeritan"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "alaṟcca",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "അലർച്ച"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "whakatioro"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crit"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hrēam"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jiğ",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "جیغ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krzyk"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grito"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "berro"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krik",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крик"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voplʹ",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вопль"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vizg",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "визг"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgreuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "vrisak"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "врисак"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vuciata"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krik"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "grito"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "nduru"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skrik"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ki sgra",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ཀི་སྒྲ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ngu 'bod chen po",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ངུ་འབོད་ཆེན་པོ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "çığlık"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryk",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крик"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "véresk",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ве́реск"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "cīx",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "چیخ"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "luvokäd"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 19 19 1 27",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgrech"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear."
],
"id": "en-scream-en-noun-p8V9fkXg",
"links": [
[
"loud",
"loud"
],
[
"vocalisation",
"vocalisation"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"response",
"response"
],
[
"pain",
"pain"
],
[
"fear",
"fear"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "en:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer."
],
"id": "en-scream-en-noun-5Iy7beVW",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We had a real scream of a time at the beach.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1994 June 28, “Kingdom of the faithful: Serena Mackesy visits Jordan”, in Independent",
"text": "Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as an intensifier."
],
"id": "en-scream-en-noun-MyGozmhg",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Used as an intensifier."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An exclamation mark."
],
"id": "en-scream-en-noun-HmRPnEl5",
"links": [
[
"exclamation mark",
"exclamation mark"
]
],
"qualifier": "printers' slang",
"raw_glosses": [
"(printers' slang) An exclamation mark."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skɹiːm/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/skɹim/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːm"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-scream.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-scream.ogg/En-us-scream.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-scream.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "skrīm"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scream"
],
"word": "scream"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kicking and screaming"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "scream bloody murder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "scream blue murder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "screaming abdabs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "screaming hairy armadillo"
},
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"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 303",
"text": "When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather.\" \"Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon,\" said Gubjor; \"when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched.\"",
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"ref": "2006, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, “Harley Got Devoured by the Undead”, in An Even Scarier Solstice",
"text": "Well, I waited and I waited / For some word from down below / And then ol' Harley started screaming / \"Run, my God, now, Carter, go man go!\"",
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"ref": "2016 October 2, Nick Cohen, “Liberal Guilt Won't Fight Nationalism”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 195, numbers 17 (30 September – 6 October 2016), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 3",
"text": "Meanwhile, the authoritarianism, which has turned left-liberalism into a movement for sneaks and prudes, was always going to play into the hands of the right. Free citizens have stopped listening to those who respond to the challenge of argument by screaming for the police to arrest the politically incorrect or for universities to ban speakers who depart from leftish orthodoxy.",
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"ref": "2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 22:54 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04",
"text": "One hit high on Farenholt snipped off the radar antenna rather neatly and sent splinters down into the torpedo launcher below, one of which blew out the air flask of a torpedo, which immediately launched itself straight out of the tube, and, rather unhelpfully, since the torpedo launcher was currently positioned pointing forward, wedged itself, motor screaming, in the forefunnel. Luckily, unlike Buchanan's weapon, this one was faulty; the motor ran out, but the automatic destruct function failed to work.",
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"text": "He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.",
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"ref": "2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 11:05 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04",
"text": "Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same, the Japanese aircraft screaming into their attack runs on Hornet about the same time as most of the Wildcats managed to sort themselves out to begin their own attacks on the incoming.",
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"text": "Do you know what screams \"I’m obnoxious\"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.",
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"ref": "2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan",
"text": "Nothing screams fall like corduroy! I'm loving this deep seafoam green shacket—made of the thick, ribbed material—that'll give a fab pop of color to a muted ensemble.",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skreeu"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ṣaraḵa",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "صَرَخَ"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "acw",
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"roman": "ṣarraḵ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zaʕʕag",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
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"word": "زَعَّق"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "bağırmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "qışqırmaq"
},
{
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"code": "eu",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "oihukatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cillani",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "চিল্লানি"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "choual"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "krial"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vikam",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "викам"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvikam",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
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],
"word": "извикам"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kreštja",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "крещя"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkreštja",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "изкрещя"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "xisclar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "cridar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "getluhvsga",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiàohǎn",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "叫喊"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "áojiào",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "嗷叫"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānjiào",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "尖叫"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "crh",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "cekirmek"
},
{
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "vykřiknout"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
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},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ječet"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skrige"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "schreeuwen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "sbḥ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "s-b-H-bH-A2"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "krii"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "hüüdma"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "karjuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skríggja"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "huutaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "kirkua"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "crier"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "schreien"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fonázo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "φωνάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ourliázo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ουρλιάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kravgázo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "κραυγάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "orýomai",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ωρύομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xefonízo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ξεφωνίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skoúzo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "σκούζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsarách",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "צרח"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "visít"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sikít"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "öskra"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "klamar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "critar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gridare"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sbraitare"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "urlare"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"alt": "ひめいをあげる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "himei o ageru",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "悲鳴を上げる"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"alt": "わめく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wameku",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "喚く"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"alt": "どなりつける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "donaritsukeru",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "怒鳴り付ける"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyā to sakebu",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "キャーと叫ぶ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sorijireuda",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "소리지르다"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "qîjandin",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "قیژاندن"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "clāmō"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "vōciferor"
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "jerit"
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "alaṟuka",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "അലറുക"
},
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "werżaq"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "kē"
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{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "pioro"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "tioro"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "koekoe"
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{
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "koekoe"
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "koe"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ngoengoe"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ngoe"
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "tīwē"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cst",
"lang": "Northern Ohlone",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "'iuqí"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "čeargut"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "biškut"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skrike"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "hyle"
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{
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sisclar"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "cridar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "hrīeman"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "iyyuu"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "grità"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "schrieen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "krzyczeć"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "wrzeszczeć"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gritar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "berrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "țipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "striga"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "urla"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kričátʹ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "крича́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sgal"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ràn"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sgreuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
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"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кричати"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "викати"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
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"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kričati"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vikati"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "buciari"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kričati"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "zakričati"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gritar"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "kulia"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skrika"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gasta"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "umiyák"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kattu",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "கத்து"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "skad shor",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "སྐད་ཤོར"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ki sgra rgyab pa",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ཀི་སྒྲ་རྒྱབ་པ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "bağırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "haykırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "arlamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryčaty",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "кричати"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vereščáty",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "вереща́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "luvokädön"
}
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"scream"
],
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"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iːm",
"Rhymes:English/iːm/1 syllable",
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"en:Vocalizations"
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"word": "Howie scream"
},
{
"word": "primal scream"
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{
"word": "scream queen"
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{
"word": "Wilhelm scream"
}
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"3": "",
"4": "to spook; frighten"
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"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "to scare"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"4": "to weep"
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{
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "to scream"
},
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}
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"lifestyle",
"music"
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"English terms with usage examples"
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"text": "We had a real scream of a time at the beach.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1994 June 28, “Kingdom of the faithful: Serena Mackesy visits Jordan”, in Independent",
"text": "Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"(printers' slang) An exclamation mark."
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}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "sio͂ra",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "চিঞৰা"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cillani",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "চিল্লানি"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vik",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вик"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pisǎk",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "писък"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crit"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "喊聲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎnshēng",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "喊声"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výkřik"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skrig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schreeuw"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "sbḥ",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "s-b-H-bH-A2"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "krio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kirkuna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kirkuminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cri"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "berro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brado"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grido"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "argüido"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "frémito"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳivili",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "კივილი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇virili",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ყვირილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schrei"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xefonitó",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ξεφωνητό"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kravgí",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κραυγή"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ourliachtó",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ουρλιαχτό"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "foní trómou",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "φωνή τρόμου"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "foní pónou",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "φωνή πόνου"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oxeía kravgí",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "οξεία κραυγή"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsrachá",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "צרחה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "sikoly"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "sikítás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "visítás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "öskur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scread"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "urlo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grido"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "himei",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "悲鳴"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kulayit"
},
{
"alt": "悲鳴",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bimyeong",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "비명"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sori",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "소리"
},
{
"alt": "絶叫",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeolgyu",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "절규"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "qîje",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "قیژە"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "kliegt"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vresok",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вресок"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "piskotnica",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пискотница"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "jeritan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "alaṟcca",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "അലർച്ച"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "whakatioro"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crit"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hrēam"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jiğ",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "جیغ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krzyk"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grito"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "berro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krik",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voplʹ",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вопль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vizg",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "визг"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sgreuch"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "vrisak"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "врисак"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vuciata"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "grito"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "nduru"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skrik"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ki sgra",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ཀི་སྒྲ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ngu 'bod chen po",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ངུ་འབོད་ཆེན་པོ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "çığlık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryk",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крик"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "véresk",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "ве́реск"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "cīx",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "چیخ"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"word": "luvokäd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "loud exclamation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgrech"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scream"
],
"word": "scream"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iːm",
"Rhymes:English/iːm/1 syllable",
"en:Gaits",
"en:Vocalizations"
],
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{
"word": "kicking and screaming"
},
{
"word": "scream bloody murder"
},
{
"word": "scream blue murder"
},
{
"word": "screaming abdabs"
},
{
"word": "screaming hairy armadillo"
},
{
"word": "screaming jelly babies"
},
{
"word": "screaming meemie"
},
{
"word": "screaming orgasm"
},
{
"word": "screaming sixties"
},
{
"word": "screaming snake case"
},
{
"word": "scream loudest"
},
{
"word": "scream one's head off"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "scremen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English scremen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "scræmen"
},
"expansion": "scræmen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "scremen",
"4": "",
"5": "to yell; shout"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "skræma",
"4": "",
"5": "to terrify; scare"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schremen",
"3": "",
"4": "to shout; yell; cry"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "skrämma",
"3": "",
"4": "to spook; frighten"
},
"expansion": "Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "skræmme",
"3": "",
"4": "to scare"
},
"expansion": "Danish skræmme (“to scare”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "skrieme",
"3": "",
"4": "to weep"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "skräna",
"3": "",
"4": "to yell; shout; howl"
},
"expansion": "Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schreien",
"3": "",
"4": "to cry; weep"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schreien",
"3": "",
"4": "to scream"
},
"expansion": "German schreien (“to scream”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "screaming",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "screamed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "screamed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "screamt",
"tags": [
"nonstandard",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "screamt",
"tags": [
"nonstandard",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
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},
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}
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},
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}
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"args": {
"old": "1"
},
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 303",
"text": "When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather.\" \"Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon,\" said Gubjor; \"when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, “Harley Got Devoured by the Undead”, in An Even Scarier Solstice",
"text": "Well, I waited and I waited / For some word from down below / And then ol' Harley started screaming / \"Run, my God, now, Carter, go man go!\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 October 2, Nick Cohen, “Liberal Guilt Won't Fight Nationalism”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 195, numbers 17 (30 September – 6 October 2016), London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 3",
"text": "Meanwhile, the authoritarianism, which has turned left-liberalism into a movement for sneaks and prudes, was always going to play into the hands of the right. Free citizens have stopped listening to those who respond to the challenge of argument by screaming for the police to arrest the politically incorrect or for universities to ban speakers who depart from leftish orthodoxy.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 22:54 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04",
"text": "One hit high on Farenholt snipped off the radar antenna rather neatly and sent splinters down into the torpedo launcher below, one of which blew out the air flask of a torpedo, which immediately launched itself straight out of the tube, and, rather unhelpfully, since the torpedo launcher was currently positioned pointing forward, wedged itself, motor screaming, in the forefunnel. Luckily, unlike Buchanan's weapon, this one was faulty; the motor ran out, but the automatic destruct function failed to work.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, shout outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek."
],
"links": [
[
"cry",
"cry#Verb"
],
[
"shrill",
"shrill#Adjective"
],
[
"voice",
"voice#Noun"
],
[
"utter",
"utter#Verb"
],
[
"sudden",
"sudden"
],
[
"shout",
"sharp#Adjective"
],
[
"outcry",
"outcry#Noun"
],
[
"loud",
"loud"
],
[
"fright",
"fright#Noun"
],
[
"extreme",
"extreme"
],
[
"pain",
"pain#Noun"
],
[
"screech",
"screech#Verb"
],
[
"shriek",
"shriek#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, also figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, shout outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "shout"
}
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 11:05 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04",
"text": "Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same, the Japanese aircraft screaming into their attack runs on Hornet about the same time as most of the Wildcats managed to sort themselves out to begin their own attacks on the incoming.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move quickly; to race."
],
"links": [
[
"move",
"move#Verb"
],
[
"quickly",
"quickly"
],
[
"race",
"race#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figuratively)",
"To move quickly; to race."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "speed"
},
{
"word": "zoom"
},
{
"word": "move quickly"
},
{
"word": "rush"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Do you know what screams \"I’m obnoxious\"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan",
"text": "Nothing screams fall like corduroy! I'm loving this deep seafoam green shacket—made of the thick, ribbed material—that'll give a fab pop of color to a muted ensemble.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of."
],
"links": [
[
"indicative",
"indicative"
],
[
"clearly",
"clearly"
],
[
"characteristics",
"characteristic#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figuratively)",
"(informal) To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"informal",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skɹiːm/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/skɹim/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːm"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-scream.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-us-scream.ogg/En-us-scream.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-us-scream.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "skrīm"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skreeu"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaraḵa",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "صَرَخَ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣarraḵ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "صَرَّخ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "zaʕʕag",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "زَعَّق"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "bağırmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "qışqırmaq"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "oihukatu"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "cillani",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "চিল্লানি"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "choual"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "krial"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vikam",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "викам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvikam",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извикам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kreštja",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "крещя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkreštja",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "изкрещя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "xisclar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "cridar"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "getluhvsga",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ᎨᏡᎲᏍᎦ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiàohǎn",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "叫喊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "áojiào",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "嗷叫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānjiào",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "尖叫"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "cekirmek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "vykřiknout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "křičet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ječet"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skrige"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "schreeuwen"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "sbḥ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "s-b-H-bH-A2"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "krii"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "hüüdma"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "karjuma"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skríggja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "huutaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "kirkua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "crier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "schreien"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fonázo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "φωνάζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ourliázo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ουρλιάζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kravgázo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "κραυγάζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "orýomai",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ωρύομαι"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xefonízo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ξεφωνίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skoúzo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "σκούζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsarách",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "צרח"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "visít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sikít"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "öskra"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "klamar"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "critar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gridare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sbraitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "urlare"
},
{
"alt": "ひめいをあげる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "himei o ageru",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "悲鳴を上げる"
},
{
"alt": "わめく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wameku",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "喚く"
},
{
"alt": "どなりつける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "donaritsukeru",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "怒鳴り付ける"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyā to sakebu",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "キャーと叫ぶ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sorijireuda",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "소리지르다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "qîjandin",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "قیژاندن"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "clāmō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "vōciferor"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "jerit"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "alaṟuka",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "അലറുക"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "werżaq"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "kē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "pioro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "tioro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "koekoe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "animal",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "koekoe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "animal",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "koe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "animal",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ngoengoe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "animal",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ngoe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "tīwē"
},
{
"code": "cst",
"lang": "Northern Ohlone",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "'iuqí"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "čeargut"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "biškut"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skrike"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "hyle"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sisclar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "cridar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "hrīeman"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "iyyuu"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "grità"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "schrieen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "krzyczeć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "wrzeszczeć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gritar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "berrar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "țipa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "striga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "urla"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kričátʹ",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "крича́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sgal"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ràn"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "sgreuch"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кричати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "викати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kričati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vikati"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "buciari"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kričati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zakričati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gritar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "kulia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "skrika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "gasta"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "umiyák"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kattu",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "கத்து"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "skad shor",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "སྐད་ཤོར"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "ki sgra rgyab pa",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "ཀི་སྒྲ་རྒྱབ་པ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "bağırmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "haykırmak"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "arlamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryčaty",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "кричати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vereščáty",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "вереща́ти"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to make the sound of a scream",
"word": "luvokädön"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scream"
],
"word": "scream"
}
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