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Meaning of scream

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scream
      n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
           [syn: {scream}, {screaming}, {shriek}, {shrieking},
           {screech}, {screeching}]
      2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
         the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
         brakes" [syn: {screech}, {screeching}, {shriek}, {shrieking},
         {scream}, {screaming}]
      3: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: {belly laugh},
         {sidesplitter}, {howler}, {thigh-slapper}, {scream}, {wow},
         {riot}]
      v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the
           doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the
           window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: {shout}, {shout
           out}, {cry}, {call}, {yell}, {scream}, {holler}, {hollo},
           {squall}]
      2: utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to
         yell--I can hear you just fine" [syn: {yell}, {scream}]
      3: make a loud, piercing sound; "Fighter planes are screaming
         through the skies"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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