Verb

(en verb)

To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

* '', Act I, Scene II, 1797, George Steevens (editor), ''The Plays of William Shakespeare , Volume 7, page 15,

They ?houted thrice; what was the la?t cry for?

To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.

(obsolete) To treat with shouts or clamor.

(Bishop Hall)

(colloquial) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.

I?ll shout you all a drink.

He?s shouting us all to the opening night of the play.

* 1999 , Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home: London to Sydney the Hard Way , page 301,

After shouting me a plate of noodles and limp vegetables, he helped me change money by introducing me to the stallholder who offered the best exchange rates.

* 2003 , Peter Watt, To Chase the Storm , Pan MacMillan Australia, unnumbered page,

‘I have not seen my cousin Patrick in years,’ Martin answered defensively. ‘I doubt that, considering the way our lives have gone, an officer of the King?s army would be shouting me a drink in Mr O?Riley?s pub these days.’

* 2005 , George G. Spearing, Dances with Marmots: A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure , page 32,

Anyhow, he obviously bore no grudge against Kiwis, for he shouted me a beer and opened another one for himself, punctuating the operation with a spectacular and resounding fart that by all the laws of physical science should have left his trousers flapping in smouldering shreds.

* 2010 , Ivan Dunn, The Legend of Beau Baxter , HarperCollins Publishers, New Zealand, unnumbered page,

Truth is, I notice the other blokes who have been shouting me nodding among themselves and thinking they?d better get in the queue if I am buying. Not likely. I am out of there.

(Internet) To post a text message (for example, email) in upper case.

Please don't shout in the chat room.

Verb

(en verb)

To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

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The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained .

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To give a valid excuse for some past behavior.

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(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.

(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.

* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

The horse-chestnut isready to explain its leaf.