Definition of Shouting

1. Noun. Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators. "It's all over but the shouting"

Exact synonyms: Cheering
Generic synonyms: Encouragement
Derivative terms: Cheer, Cheer, Cheer

2. Noun. Uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement.
Exact synonyms: Yelling
Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Outcry, Shout, Vociferation, Yell
Derivative terms: Shout, Yell

Definition of Shouting

1. Noun. The action of the verb to shout. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of shout) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shouting

1. shout [v] - See also: shout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shouting

shout out
shoutbox
shoutboxes
shouted
shouted out
shouter
shouters
shoutest
shouteth
shoutfest
shoutfests
shouther
shouthers
shoutier
shoutiest
shouting (current term)
shouting dictation
shouting dictations
shouting match
shouting matches
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shoutingly
shoutings
shoutout
shoutouts
shouts
shouts-out
shouts out
shouty
shove

Literary usage of Shouting

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

1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... all cross and exeunt Ri; a great crowd shouting, trumpets braying, all sweep after ... shouting ..."

2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... flock receding farther, Heard the voices growing louder, Heard the shouting and ... Dead among the shouting people, But his soul, his ghost, his shadow, ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"of the narrow street, the lamp-post, the children shouting and fighting, and another creature, who did not at all understand him, standing close by him, ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"Frisking and frolicking, with gambols gay, And shouting " Whoop !'' and " Hip, hip, hip, To use a common phrase—till all is blue * For the blood royal, ..."

5. The Bookman (1903)
"The lodgers with one voice are shouting, "Drat that Boy! Why doesn't he let us have some rest?" The old allegorical idea of Christian passing through the ..."

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