Usually means: Loud, emotional expression of fear.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. scream: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. scream: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scream: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scream: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scream: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scream, scream: Wordnik
  7. scream: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scream: Wiktionary
  9. scream: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scream: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. scream: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. scream, the scream: Dictionary.com
  13. scream (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. scream: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Scream: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. scream: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. scream: Rhymezone
  19. scream: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. scream: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. scream: Free Dictionary
  22. scream: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. scream: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. scream: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scream (disambiguation), scream: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scream: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SCREAM: Acronym Finder
  3. scream: Idioms
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scream, scream: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. the scream: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mountain Bike Slang (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
noun:  A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.
noun:  (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.
noun:  (informal) Used as an intensifier.
noun:  (printers' slang) An exclamation mark.
verb:  (intransitive, also figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, shout outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively)
verb:  To move quickly; to race.
verb:  (informal) To be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.

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