Definition of Screams

1. Noun. (plural of scream) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of scream) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Screams

1. scream [v] - See also: scream

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screams

screamfest
screamfests
screamier
screamiest
screaming
screaming(a)
screaming abdabs
screaming bloody murder
screaming meemies
screamingest
screamingly
screamings
screamlike
screamo
screams (current term)
screams bloody murder
screamy
scree
screech
screech-owl
screech-owls
screech owl
screech owls
screeched
screecher
screechers
screeches
screechier
screechiest

Literary usage of Screams

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"When they came to the cave mouth again, he heard another one of the screams. Brendan stirred over his shoulders and Alan set him down, heart thundering, ..."

2. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"Her screams, while flying to his assistance, alarmed me; she confessed all, implored my help, and was fortunate enough, after repeated efforts, ..."

3. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1922)
"When the Eagle screams TRULY, if one judges by our daily newspaper reports, these are great days for the bandit and the hold-up man with his brother ..."

4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... and, looking down upon her myriads of free and enlightened children with flaming eyes, she screams, " E Pluribus Unum," which may be freely interpreted, ..."

5. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"Comical Scenes — Quaint Speeches — screams and Flying Stove-Lids—A Child's Hymn —"Our Father in Heaven, We Hallow Thy Name" —Old Padgett —A Water Street Bum ..."

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