shout1 (shout)

[Early mod. E. also showt, shoute, showte; alarm, to draw attention, or to incite to an action. With that gan al hire meyne for to shoute: "A! go we se, caste up the gates wide." Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 614. All the sons of God shouted for joy. Job xxxviii. 7. 2. To order drink for another or others as a treat. [Slang, Australia and U. S.] And so I shouted for him and he shouted for me, and at last I says-"Butty," says I, "who are these chaps round here on the lay?" H. Kingsley, Geoffry Hamlyn, p. 335. He must drink a nobbler with Tom, and be prepared to shout for all hands at least once a day. A. C. Grant, Bush Life in Queensland, I. 243. To shout at, to deride or revile with shouts. That man would be shouted at that should come forth in his great-grandsire's suit, though not rent, not discoloured. Bp . Hall , Fashions of the World, Sermon, Rom. xii. 2. II. trans. To utter in a loud and vehement voice; utter with a shout; expre with raised voice. They threw their caps, Shouting their emulation. Shak ., Cor., i. 1. 218. The people cried, Shouting , "Sir Galahad and Sir Percivale!" Tennyson, Holy Grail.