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English Dictionary: shouting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shouting
n
  1. encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators; "it's all over but the shouting"
    Synonym(s): cheering, shouting
  2. uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
    Synonym(s): yelling, shouting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shout \Shout\ (shout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shouted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Shouting}.] [OE. shouten, of unknown origin; perhaps
      akin to shoot; cf. Icel. sk[umac]ta, sk[umac]ti, a taunt.]
      To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or
      exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers,
      etc.
  
               Shouting of the men and women eke.         --Chaucer.
  
               They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for? --Shak.
  
      {To shout at}, to utter shouts at; to deride or revile with
            shouts.
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