shout out

1. 1.

   utter a sudden loud cry

   “she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle”

   “I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me”

   Synonymsshoutcrycallyellscreamhollerhollosquall

   Broaderutter

   Narrowerhollohurrahhalloowhoopshriekhowlsquawk
2. 2.

   utter in a very loud voice

   “They vociferated their demands”

   Synonymsvociferate

   Broaderexpress

Questions about shout out

What does shout out mean?

shout out means "utter a sudden loud cry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for shout out?

Close synonyms include shout, cry, call, yell, scream. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shout out a common word?

shout out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.