Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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[=u]ta, sk[=u]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shouting
adj : noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying
mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans";
"the yelling fiend" [syn: {crying}, {howling}, {yelling}]
n 1: encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators; "it's
all over but the shouting" [syn: {cheering}]
2: uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
[syn: {yelling}]
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