"screamer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɹimɚ/ [General-American], /ˈskɹiːmə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-screamer.ogg Forms: screamers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ) Etymology: From scream + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|scream|er|id2=agent noun}} scream + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} screamer (plural screamers)
  1. One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly. Categories (topical): Musicians Translations (one who screams): křikloun [masculine] (Czech), řvoun [masculine] (Czech), krijser [masculine] (Dutch), schreeuwer (Dutch), huutaja (Finnish), kirkuja (Finnish), braillard (French), braillarde [feminine] (French), brailleur [masculine] (French), brailleuse [feminine] (French), Schreier [masculine] (German), Schreierin [feminine] (German), Schreihals [masculine] (German), öskrari [masculine] (Icelandic), gritador [masculine] (Portuguese), gritadora [feminine] (Portuguese), chillón [masculine] (Spanish), chillona [feminine] (Spanish), gritón [masculine] (Spanish), gritona [feminine] (Spanish), skrikare [common-gender] (Swedish), skrikapa [common-gender] (Swedish), gapunge [common-gender] (Swedish), крику́н (krykún) [masculine] (Ukrainian), горла́нь (horlánʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-NcOWebDl Disambiguation of Musicians: 11 10 6 6 1 3 15 2 3 3 12 8 3 15 1 1 Disambiguation of 'one who screams': 69 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 6 2 2 1
  2. 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. Translations (bird of family Anhimidae): hoenderkoet [masculine] (Dutch), romisko (Finnish), anhimidés [masculine, plural] (French), Wehrvogel (German), zéézhinii (Navajo), anhimídeo [masculine] (Portuguese), aruco [masculine] (Spanish), chavarrí [masculine] (Spanish), chicagüire [masculine] (Spanish), värnfågel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-YziZMUuG Disambiguation of 'bird of family Anhimidae': 4 56 3 0 0 2 14 2 3 2 8 3 0 2 0 0
  3. (obsolete, US, hunting) A healthy, vigorous animal. Tags: US, obsolete Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-X-3ebwx2 Categories (other): American English Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  4. A healthy, vigorous person.
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-ZO7DPmlU
  5. Something exceptionally good.
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-1YwNZ7Gt
  6. (sports, cricket) A difficult catch. Categories (topical): Cricket, Sports
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-i1Qivpuq Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  7. (sports, baseball) A very hard hit. Categories (topical): Baseball, Sports, Musicians Categories (lifeform): Screamers
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-jhsn2F3W Disambiguation of Musicians: 11 10 6 6 1 3 15 2 3 3 12 8 3 15 1 1 Disambiguation of Screamers: 7 12 8 3 3 8 22 4 8 7 11 5 1 1 1 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 8 1 0 7 25 4 8 5 15 5 1 4 0 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 10 8 1 1 5 21 3 6 4 14 5 2 6 1 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 8 5 1 1 6 23 4 6 5 16 6 2 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 11 6 0 0 6 27 3 7 4 18 6 1 2 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 11 6 0 0 6 28 4 6 5 17 6 1 2 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 10 9 9 1 5 15 3 5 4 9 5 4 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 9 6 1 1 7 20 5 6 6 15 6 3 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 8 10 2 1 6 18 4 6 5 11 6 2 9 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 8 7 1 1 8 20 6 7 6 15 5 2 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 9 7 2 1 7 22 5 6 6 13 5 2 3 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 7 9 11 2 1 6 18 4 5 5 10 6 2 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 7 9 10 4 1 5 18 4 5 5 12 5 2 9 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 8 9 9 1 5 16 3 5 4 9 5 3 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 9 6 1 1 6 24 4 6 5 16 5 2 1 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 10 11 2 1 6 18 4 5 5 10 6 2 11 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 7 9 11 2 1 6 18 4 5 5 10 6 2 10 1 2 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  8. (sports, Australian rules football) A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball). Categories (topical): Australian rules football, Sports
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-NFeDH-8q Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  9. (sports, soccer, golf) A powerful shot. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Golf, Sports
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-xlZTFJit Topics: ball-games, games, golf, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  10. (sports, surfing) A very large wave. Categories (topical): Sports, Surfing
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-s7H1V0y- Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
  11. (music) A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd. Categories (topical): Music, Musicians
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-8OEMgz-2 Disambiguation of Musicians: 11 10 6 6 1 3 15 2 3 3 12 8 3 15 1 1 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  12. (Internet slang) A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-4W9IoaYT
  13. (slang) An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-wdqO4COB
  14. (US, slang, dated) A bouncer. Tags: US, dated, slang Categories (topical): Musicians, People
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-873oO402 Disambiguation of Musicians: 11 10 6 6 1 3 15 2 3 3 12 8 3 15 1 1 Disambiguation of People: 8 13 9 6 0 6 6 0 6 5 0 10 6 26 0 0 Categories (other): American English
  15. (journalism, slang) An exclamation mark. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-HmRPnEl5 Topics: journalism, media
  16. (journalism, slang) A large, attention-getting headline. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-screamer-en-noun-DOLPZy4C Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black-necked screamer, crested screamer, horned screamer, northern screamer, shelf-screamer, southern screamer, two pot screamer Related terms: Anhimidae

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"[…]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.\"\n\"Now, Mum, that's too bad! I like 'em tip-top. This one is a regular screamer,\" cried Will.",
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          "ref": "2010, Adam Gilchrist, True Colours:",
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          "ref": "1999 June 27, J2rider, “Favourite companions to hate or love”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):",
          "text": "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!\"",
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          "South America",
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        ]
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        "American English",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        {
          "ref": "1917, David Crockett, “The Bear Hunt”, in Maurice Garland Fulton, editor, Southern Life in Southern Literature:",
          "text": "I had seen the track of the bear they were after, and I knowed he was a screamer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A healthy, vigorous animal."
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          "hunting",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete, US, hunting) A healthy, vigorous animal."
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        "US",
        "obsolete"
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A healthy, vigorous person."
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 17, in Eight Cousins:",
          "text": "\"[…]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.\"\n\"Now, Mum, that's too bad! I like 'em tip-top. This one is a regular screamer,\" cried Will.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Something exceptionally good."
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        [
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Cricket",
        "en:Sports"
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Adam Gilchrist, True Colours:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A difficult catch."
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          "sports",
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        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ]
      ],
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        "(sports, cricket) A difficult catch."
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        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Baseball",
        "en:Sports"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, R. G. Utley, Tim Peeler, Aaron Peeler, Outlaw Ballplayers: interviews and profiles from the Independent Carolina Baseball League:",
          "text": "His screamer into the right field bleachers in the sixth with Scarborough and Viau on base put Hickory out in front 9 to 8 and the lead held for the rest of the game.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very hard hit."
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        [
          "baseball",
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      ],
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        "(sports, baseball) A very hard hit."
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        "ball-games",
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        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "en:Sports"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, John Devaney, Full Points Footy's WA Football Companion:",
          "text": "Virtually every other facet of the game is shared by other sports, but the sight of a player taking a fingertip ‘screamer’ whilst perched on the shoulders of an opponent is unique to footy, and players who perfect this ability are among the code’s most celebrated and well remembered.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball)."
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      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "Australian rules football",
          "Australian rules football"
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        "(sports, Australian rules football) A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball)."
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Football (soccer)",
        "en:Golf",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:",
          "text": "Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A powerful shot."
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          "sports",
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          "soccer",
          "soccer"
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        [
          "golf",
          "golf"
        ],
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        "(sports, soccer, golf) A powerful shot."
      ],
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        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "golf",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports",
        "en:Surfing"
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Peter Klein, Silk Chaser:",
          "text": "That set the pattern for us both. Catch a screamer, work it hard for as long as you could, then drop back over the shoulder and paddle back out to the line-up.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very large wave."
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      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "surfing",
          "surfing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, surfing) A very large wave."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "surfing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd."
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
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          "march",
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        [
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          "crowd"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd."
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English internet slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Nadia Giosia, Bitchin' Kitchen Cookbook:",
          "text": "The Web is also big business; who needs a real job when you can just send Grandma a screamer and—POOF!—there's your inheritance.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image."
      ],
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        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
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        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "video",
          "video"
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        "(Internet slang) A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image."
      ],
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        "Internet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Joseph P. Goodwin, More Man Than You’ll Ever Be: Gay Folklore and Acculturation in Middle America, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 43:",
          "text": "Well, this friend was a real effeminate person—[he] was just a screamer. […] Well even my brother was smart enough to realize they were gay.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, The Advocate, numbers 607-610, page 315:",
          "text": "So when George Michael sings in his latest hit, “Girl, you're just too funky for me,” is he really singing about a woman? Or is he just being a total screamer and gender-fucking his male love object?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 May 5, cJ, “Studly buff gay guy?”, in alt.tv.survivor (Usenet):",
          "text": "I thought Jeff was a screamer. I am still wondering about Alicia. She hangs with Jeff. But I shouldn't assume someone is lesbian by the company they keep.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual."
      ],
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          "effeminate"
        ],
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bouncer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "bouncer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, dated) A bouncer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "en:Mass media"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An exclamation mark."
      ],
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        [
          "journalism",
          "journalism"
        ],
        [
          "exclamation mark",
          "exclamation mark"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(journalism, slang) An exclamation mark."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "journalism",
        "media"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Mass media"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Graeme Turner, Understanding Celebrity, page 17:",
          "text": "Hartley's argument usefully reminds us that the spread of celebrity is not just the consequence of an accumulation of publicity handouts, advertisements, chat show interviews, or the shock-horror revelations in the tabloid screamers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large, attention-getting headline."
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        "(journalism, slang) A large, attention-getting headline."
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɹimɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɹiːmə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "křikloun"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "řvoun"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krijser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "word": "schreeuwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "word": "huutaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "word": "kirkuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "word": "braillard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "braillarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brailleur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brailleuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schreier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schreierin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schreihals"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "öskrari"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gritador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gritadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chillón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chillona"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gritón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gritona"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skrikare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skrikapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gapunge"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krykún",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "крику́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "horlánʹ",
      "sense": "one who screams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "горла́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hoenderkoet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "word": "romisko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "anhimidés"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "word": "Wehrvogel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "word": "zéézhinii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anhimídeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aruco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chavarrí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chicagüire"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bird of family Anhimidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "värnfågel"
    }
  ],
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    "screamer"
  ],
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}

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