0 present participle of scream --
1 to cry or say something loudly and usually on a high note, especially because of strong emotions such as fear, excitement, or anger: --
The ambulance raced round the corner with its tyres screaming.
The cars screamed round the bend/past the spectators.
I tried to apologize, but he just screamed abuse/obscenities at me.
[ + speech ] "I wish you were dead!" she screamed (= shouted angrily).
I've never found screaming (and shouting) (= shouting angrily) at my staff to be very effective.
Mrs Brown screamed (= shouted angrily) at Joel for dropping the test-tube.
Ken screamed (out) a warning telling people to get out of the way.
He was screaming in/with pain and begging for anaesthetic.
Through the smoke, the rescuers could hear people screaming for help.
2 If a word or image screams (out), it gets attention because it is very big or easy to notice: --
I also witnessed a white woman who was still dressed as if she were about to bathe (covered up in towels) screaming hysterically.
One time he awoke in a state of terror, sweating like crazy, and he actually heard himself screaming.
Patients described expressions of hysteria, screaming, and an intensity of emotion where the body was shaking.
We hear the truck, a struggle, a screaming man falling into an abandoned oil well, sludge being dumped into the hole.
She struggles in vain, screaming and trying to get away.
His was a figure of tremendous, repressed pain; his outward form muffled a raucous, screaming silence.
Lyrics are assertive and arrogant, but the exact words are less significant than the vocal styles involved, the shrill shouting and screaming.
Some say it was horrible because of conditions surrounding the environment, having to walk through a crowd of screaming protesters.
