scream

Noun

• a joke that seems extremely funny

• a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
  • he ducked at the screechings of shells
    
  • he heard the scream of the brakes
    

• sharp piercing cry
  • her screaming attracted the neighbors
    

Verb

• make a loud, piercing sound
  • Fighter planes are screaming through the skies
    

• utter or declare in a very loud voice
  • You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine
    

• utter a sudden loud cry
  • she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
    
  • I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  belly laugh , sidesplitter , howler , thigh-slapper , wow , riot , screech , screeching , shriek , shrieking , screaming , yell , shout , shout out , cry , call , holler , hollo , squall