shout.html - {v.} To object loudly to; defeat by shouting. * /Grace suggested that we give our club money to charity, but she was shouted down./ * /The crowd shouted down the Mayor's suggestions./

shout.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell everyone; broadcast, especially one's own personal business. * /Mr. Clark was so happy when his son was born that he shouted the news from the housetops./ * /When Mary bleached her hair, her neighbors shouted it from the housetops./

shout.html - See: ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING.

shout.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. make a loud cry or vocal sound; speak loudly (shouted for attention).
2 tr. say or express loudly; call out (shouted that the coast was clear).
3 tr. (also absol.) Austral. & NZ colloq. treat (another person) to drinks etc.

--n.

1 a loud cry expressing joy etc. or calling attention.
2 colloq. one's turn to order a round of drinks etc. (your shout I think).

all over bar (or but) the shouting colloq. the contest is virtually decided. shout at speak loudly to etc. shout down reduce to silence by shouting. shout for call for by shouting. shout-up colloq. a noisy argument.

shouter n. [ME, perh. rel. to SHOOT: cf. ON skÇta SCOUT]

shout.html - See: CHIP ON ONE'S SHOULDER, COLD SHOULDER, GOOD HEAD ON ONE'S SHOULDERS, HEAD AND SHOULDERS, PUT ONE'S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL, ON ONE'S SHOULDERS, RUB ELBOWS or RUB SHOULDERS, SQUARE ONE'S SHOULDERS, WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON ONE'S SHOULDERS.

shout.html - {adv. phr.} 1. One beside the other; together. * /The three boys were shoulder to shoulder all during the working hours./ Compare: SIDE BY SIDE. 2. Each helping the other; in agreement; together. - Often used with "stand". * /We can win the fight if we all stand shoulder to shoulder./ Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.