screamer
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mər noun
1.
a person or thing that screams.
2.
Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.
3.
Printing Slang. an exclamation point.
5.
Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.
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World English Dictionary
screamer (ˈskriːmə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that screams |
| 2. | any goose-like aquatic bird, such as Chauna torquata (crested screamer), of the family Anhimidae of tropical and subtropical South America: order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, etc) |
| 3. | someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment |
| 4. | slang (US), (Canadian) a sensational headline |
| 5. | slang (Austral) |
| a. a person or thing that is excellent of its kind | |
| b. See two-pot screamer | |
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Slang Dictionary
screamer definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Computing Dictionary
Screamer definition
An extension of Common Lisp providing nondeterministic backtracking and constraint programming.
(ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/screamer.tar.Z).
[Isn't all backtracking nondeterministic by definition?]
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
screamer
any of three species of South American waterfowl constituting the family Anhimidae (order Anseriformes). The group derives its name from its raucous, far-carrying cry.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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Example sentences
Li doesn't flinch, however, driving a screamer forehand crosscourt for a winner.
Give me a screamer who lets you know where he or she stands any day.
He's been through too many audits and boardroom machinations to be a nail-biter or a screamer.
Unfortunately, even this new technology is still no match for a real screamer.
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