Shouting — Shout Shout (shout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shouting}.] [OE. shouten, of unknown origin; perhaps akin to shoot; cf. Icel. sk[=u]ta, sk[=u]ti, a taunt.] 1. To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shouting — Shou|ting [ ʃa̮utɪŋ ], das; [s] [engl. shouting, zu: to shout = rufen, schreien]: aus [kultischen] Gesängen der afroamerikanischen Musik entwickelter Gesangsstil des Jazz mit starker Tendenz zu abgehacktem Rufen od. Schreien. * * * Shou|ting [… … Universal-Lexikon
shouting — shout|ing [ˈʃautıŋ] n [U] 1.) when people say things very loudly ▪ We heard a lot of shouting and went to investigate. 2.) be all over bar the shouting BrE spoken used to say that something is almost finished and there is no doubt what the result … Dictionary of contemporary English
shouting — See: ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING … Dictionary of American idioms
shouting — See: ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING … Dictionary of American idioms
shouting — noun Shouting is used before these nouns: ↑match … Collocations dictionary
Shouting — Shou|ting das; [s] <aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. shouting, eigtl. »das Schreien«, zu engl. to shout »rufen, schreien«> aus [kultischen] Gesängen der Afroamerikaner entwickelter Gesangsstil des Jazz mit starker Tendenz zu abgehacktem Rufen… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
shouting — See: all over but the shouting … Словарь американских идиом
shouting — noun 1. encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators (Freq. 2) it s all over but the shouting • Syn: ↑cheering • Derivationally related forms: ↑cheer (for: ↑cheering) … Useful english dictionary
Shouting fire in a crowded theater — is a frequent paraphrasing of a quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. s opinion in the United States Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States in 1919. The quote is used to express the limits on free speech under the terms of the First… … Wikipedia
shouting match — shouting matches N COUNT: oft N with/between n A shouting match is an angry quarrel in which people shout at each other. We had a real shouting match with each other … English dictionary
