screamer

[skree-mer]

scream·er

[skree-mer]
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.
4.
Journalism.
a.
a sensational headline.
b.
banner (def. 7). Compare scarehead.
5.
Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.
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6.
Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call.
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Origin:
1705–15; scream + -er1
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Screamer is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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World English Dictionary
screamer (ˈskriːmə)
 
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


  1. n.
    a newspaper headline. : Did you see the screamer in the paper today? “The King Died.”
  2. n.
    an exclamation point. (Printing.) : Clean up this copy. There are too many screamers. Looks like junior high stuff.
  3. n.
    anything challenging. : What a horrible assignment I got. A classic screamer.
  4. n.
    someone or something very exciting or attention getting. : This guy is a real screamer! Wait'll you meet him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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?]

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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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