Shout
verbTo call out or speak very loudly, often to be heard at a distance or in anger.
How to spell shout
5 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce shout
What does shout mean?
- verbTo call out or speak very loudly, often to be heard at a distance or in anger.
- nounA loud cry or call made with the voice.
Shout in a sentence
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verb
The coach had to shout across the noisy field to reach his players.
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noun
A sudden shout from the kitchen made everyone look up.
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verb
Try not to shout when the baby is finally asleep.
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noun
She heard a faint shout coming from the far end of the warehouse.
Where does shout come from?
Language of origin: Unknown
The verb 'shout' first appears in English around the year 1300, in Middle English as 'shouten', meaning to call out loudly. Its ultimate origin is genuinely uncertain, which is why dictionaries hedge on it. One popular suggestion links it to the Old Norse 'skuta', meaning a taunt or a jeer, hinting at the way a loud cry can be aimed at someone. Another idea connects it to the same root that gave us 'shoot', on the notion of a voice being thrown out forcefully, much as an arrow is shot. Whatever the exact path, the spelling settled with the 'ou' digraph typical of Middle English words like 'out' and 'about', and the modern sense of a loud vocal call has stayed remarkably stable ever since.
How the word is built
- shout (single root, of uncertain origin; no prefix or suffix)
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