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shout out

shout out verb: to publicly greet or acknowledge a person, group, or organization. Also the misspelling of shout-out.

Verb

shout out (third-person singular simple present shouts out, present participle shouting out, simple past and past participle shouted out)

  1. To publicly greet or acknowledge a person, group, or organization.
  2. To speak when inappropriate, particularly in a school environment.
    • My teacher said I shouldn't shout out all the time.

Also used as

shout out is also the misspelling of shout-out.

Forms of shout out

Verb
third-person singular presentshouts out
present participleshouting out
past participleshouted out
pastshouted out
Noun
pluralshouts out

Questions about shout out

What does shout out mean?
Shout out means to publicly greet or acknowledge a person, group, or organization.
What part of speech is shout out?
Shout out is a verb.
What is the past tense of shout out?
The past tense of shout out is shouted out.

Words near shout out in the dictionary

  1. Shouson Hill
  2. shout
  3. shout down
  4. shout fire in a crowded theater
  5. shout from the rooftops
  6. shout out
  7. shout the odds
  8. shout-out
  9. shout-outs
  10. Shouta
  11. shoutable

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