screamer

noun17

1. •
   One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.

   • He stood almost appalled for a moment, as he said to himself that she would take her up and the girl would be ruined, would force her note and become a screamer. — 1885
2. •
   (informal) A person who is extremely loud and boisterous during sexual intercourse.

   • I could tell in advance if they were screamers, or leatherettes, or buggers, or great head-givers, or into toys and ticklers – I had it down to an art. — 2005
3. •
   A very hard hit.

   • His screamer into the right field bleachers in the sixth with Scarborough and Viau on base put Hickory out in front 9 to 8 and the lead held for the rest of the game. — 2006
4. •
   A powerful shot.

   • Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit. — 2011
5. •
   Something exceptionally good.
6. •
   (slang) A large, attention-getting headline.
7. •
   (slang) An exclamation mark.
8. •
   A difficult catch.
9. •
   A particularly high mark (clean catch of a kicked ball).
10. •
    A very large wave.

    • That set the pattern for us both. Catch a screamer, work it hard for as long as you could, then drop back over the shoulder and paddle back out to the line-up. — 2010
11. •
    (Internet) A video that unexpectedly frightens the viewer by cutting to a loud scream and disturbing image.

    • The Web is also big business; who needs a real job when you can just send Grandma a screamer and—POOF!—there's your inheritance. — 2008
12. •
    (slang) An effeminate gay man; a man who is obviously homosexual.

    • Well, this friend was a real effeminate person—[he] was just a screamer. […] Well even my brother was smart enough to realize they were gay. — 1989
13. •
    Any bird in the taxonomic family Anhimidae, endemic to South America, being large, bulky birds with a small downy head, long legs and large feet.
14. •
    A healthy, vigorous person.
15. •
    A march played at a circus to enliven the crowd.
16. •
    (slang, old-fashioned) A bouncer.
17. •
    (US, no longer used) A healthy, vigorous animal.

    • I had seen the track of the bear they were after, and I knowed he was a screamer. — 1917