shout, shoute, showte

[Etym. doubtful.] A loud, vehement, and sudden outcry; a sudden burst of voices; an outcry of a multitude of men, especially in joy, triumph, exultation, or the like. "The rest of the Grecians in the beginning of their onset gave a general shout."-Potter: Antiquities of Greece, bk. iii., ch. ix. shout-er, s. [Eng.shout; er.] One who shouts. "A peal of loud applause rang out, And thinn'd the air, till even the birds fell down Upon the shouters ' heads." Dryden: Cleomenes. shou-thêr, s. [SHOULDER, 8.] ( Scotch .) shout-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [SHOUT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of shouting; a shout, a loud outcry, expre ive of joy, grief, triumph, or the like. shove, *schove, v. t . & i. [A. S. scofian , scúfan