1. Utter a sudden loud cry
   "she screamed with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";
   - shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], squall
    
2. Utter or declare in a very loud voice
   "You don't have to scream — I can hear you just fine";
   - yell
    
3. Make a loud, piercing sound
   "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies"
    
4. [informal] Move quickly and violently
   "The car screamed down the street";
   - tear [informal], shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, bomb [Brit, informal]

1. Sharp piercing cry
   "her scream attracted the neighbours";
   - screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching
    
2. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
   "he heard the scream of the brakes";
   - screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, screaming
    
3. [informal] A joke that seems extremely funny
   "The comedian's last joke was a real scream";
   - belly laugh, sidesplitter [informal], howler, thigh-slapper, wow, riot [informal]
    
4. [informal] A very enjoyable or funny person, event or time
   "we had a scream";
   - riot [informal]

Derived forms: screamed, screams, screaming

Type of: barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], call, cry, emit, gag, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, jape, jest, joke, laugh, let loose, let out, make noise, noise, outcry, pelt [informal], pelt along [informal], race, resound, rocket [informal], rush, rush along, shout, speed, step on it [informal], travel rapidly, utter, vociferation, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], yell, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

Encyclopedia: Scream, Pretty Peggy