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shouting

noun US /ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/

encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,920 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,630 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators also: cheering it's all over but the shouting
  2. uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement also: yelling

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

shouting in real books

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  • Then he rushed after her, shouting, “You come back.”

    The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1

  • Members of the driving crew leaped shouting from one log to another.

    The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1

  • She had to keep shouting and singing to them the whole of the way.

    A Countess from Canada · Bessie Marchant · Chapter 1

  • I asked Will, shouting to him because of the roar, although he sat next me.

    The Eye of Zeitoon · Talbot Mundy · Chapter 1

  • As the cloud advanced, the armed guards ran from it, shouting, one now and then falling, overcome.

    The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1

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