screamnoun/skɹiːm/

• 1

  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.

• 2

  A loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.

  • I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare.
• 3

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA 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.

• 4

  informalUsed as an intensifier.

  • We had a real scream of a time at the beach.
  • Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless
• 5

  An exclamation mark.

screamverb/skɹiːm/

• 1

  To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.

  • I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.
  • When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather." "Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon," said Gubjor; "when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched."
• 2

  To move quickly; to race.

  • He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.
  • Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same, the Japanese aircraft screaming into their attack runs on Hornet about the same time as most of the Wildcats managed to sort themselves out to begin their own attacks on the incoming.
• 3

  informalTo be very indicative of; clearly having the characteristics of.

  • Do you know what screams "I’m obnoxious"? People who feel the need to comment on every little thing they notice.
  • Nothing screams fall like corduroy! I'm loving this deep seafoam green shacket—made of the thick, ribbed material—that'll give a fab pop of color to a muted ensemble.