screamer

  1. Noun.  One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
  2. Noun.  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.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) (US, hunting) A healthy, vigorous animal.John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms — SCREAMER. A bouncing fellow or girl. This, like the word ''roarer'', is one of the words transferred from animals to men by the hunters of the West..
  4. Noun.  A healthy, vigorous person..
  5. Noun.  Something exceptionally good.
  6. Noun.  (sport, cricket) A difficult catch.
  7. Noun.  (sport, baseball) A very hard hit.
  8. Noun.  (sport, Australian rules football) A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).
  9. Noun.  (sport, soccer) a powerful shot.
  10. Noun.  (sport, surfing) A very large wave.
  11. Noun.  (Internet slang) A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.
  12. Noun.  (slang) An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously gay (homosexual).

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