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shoutdown

/ˈʃaʊtˌdaʊn/

shoutdown noun: an event when someone shouts down (shouts louder than) someone in order to force through an argument or point of view.

Noun

shoutdown (plural shoutdowns)

  1. An event when someone shouts down (shouts louder than) someone in order to force through an argument or point of view.
    • 2022, Greg Lukianoff, "The Eternally Radical Idea", Honestly with Bari Weiss at 27m31s:
    • He comes to speak at Brown and he is shouted down so completely, that nobody can hear him and they just call the whole thing off. Now, shoutdowns were not completely unheard of for most of my career...

Forms of shoutdown

pluralshoutdowns

Origin of shoutdown

Deverbal from shout down.

Questions about shoutdown

What does shoutdown mean?
Shoutdown means an event when someone shouts down (shouts louder than) someone in order to force through an argument or point of view.
What part of speech is shoutdown?
Shoutdown is a noun.
How do you pronounce shoutdown?
Shoutdown is pronounced /ˈʃaʊtˌdaʊn/.
What is the plural of shoutdown?
The plural of shoutdown is shoutdowns.

Words near shoutdown in the dictionary

  1. shout-outs
  2. Shouta
  3. shoutable
  4. shoutbox
  5. shoutboxes
  6. shoutdown
  7. shoutdowns
  8. shouted
  9. shouted down
  10. shouted fire in a crowded theater
  11. shouted from the rooftops

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