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screamer

skree mer

  • n  someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
  • n  a sensational newspaper headline
  • n  gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
  • n  a very hard hit ball

  • This title sounds as if it belonged to a screamer, but the tune turns out to be a rather pleasant and intimate plea: "Don't just stand there and stare, help me.
  • Perhaps none of the dread offspring archetypes--the thumb sucker, the binky addict, the colicky screamer--is more feared than the bad sleeper, and parents will try any formula that .
  • Sanford himself is not a screamer; he's a provocateur.
News & Articles

  • High-wire act
    Snug in his harness, Nathan Crankshaw clipped on his carabiner, pushed off from a wooden platform and coasted out over the river below on a 420-foot zip line nicknamed "The Screamer."
    June 19, 2013 - The Hendersonville Times-News
Quotes

  • Armen Keteyian in Sun-Sentinel.com
    You felt like you knew him because he was such the antithesis of so much of what sports broadcasting is today,Keteyian said. "He wasn't a screamer. He didn't make it about him."
  • Peter Chiarelli in SI.com
    He demands that his players do what he wants to do,Chiarelli said. "I know a lot of guys are looking for a screamer. He's not, but he's a very passionate guy and disciplined. He demands accountability. You may not see it in the media, but...
  • Josh Duhamel in WMUR
    Everyone knows that he has this reputation for being a screamer and whatnot, but he doesn't actually scream -- he talks very loudly in a megaphone,Duhamel said, laughing. "But you know what? When you have that much money on the line and...

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