0 past simple and past participle of shout --
1 to speak with a very loud voice, often as loud as possible, usually when you want to make yourself heard in noisy situations, or when the person you are talking to is a long way away or cannot hear very well: --
figurative It's the charities that shout loudest (= attract the most public attention) that often get given the most money.
I heard them shouting for help, but there was nothing I could do.
[ + speech ] "Stop this childish nonsense at once!" he shouted furiously.
[ + to infinitive ] I shouted at him to put the gun down.
The fans were screaming and shouting out the names of the band members.
He shouted abuse at the judge after being sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
[ + that ] He shouted from the garage that he'd be finished in about half an hour.
[ + speech ] "I'll see you tomorrow," shouted Eleni above the noise of the helicopter.
There's no need to shout, I can hear you.
2 to buy a drink for someone: --
I'll shout you a drink.
It is a menace of the first magnitude, but instead of being shouted about, birth control is only whispered with the most spinsterish of propriety.
People stood on benches and shouted and yelled.
But it will not be advanced by shouted slogans, by wild assertions, by blazing headlines or by megaphone diplomacy.
You will probably be howled at and shouted at, but, believe me, you have a lot of support in the country.
Attempts to question it were shouted down.
Anna imitated him, and shouted back ' brrrrrrr ' with the same changes in pitch.
With a guitar solo and a focused chorus, it does not lie outside punk conventions, but rather represents a new twist to punk rock's verse, shouted-chorus, verse format.
The silence was more effective because much of the rest of the play was punctuated by shouted army commands, as well as by pipe music and traditional marching songs.
