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shoutout

shoutout is the alternative spelling of shout-out.

Meaning of shout-out

Noun

shout-out (plural shouts-out or shout-outs)

  1. An unscripted mention of the name of a viewer or audience member when on stage, television, etc.
  2. A section of a web page, profile or blog containing these greetings.
  3. A word used to give credit to or express gratitude to someone or something.
    • Shoutout to Ben for his work on the animation.

Forms of shoutout

pluralshoutouts

Origin of shoutout

Deverbal from shout out.

Questions about shoutout

What is shoutout the alternative spelling of?
Shoutout is the alternative spelling of shout-out.

Words near shoutout in the dictionary

  1. shouting the odds
  2. shoutingly
  3. shoutings
  4. shoutline
  5. shoutlines
  6. shoutout
  7. shoutouts
  8. shouts
  9. shouts down
  10. shouts fire in a crowded theater
  11. shouts from the rooftops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shoutout (page history and authors); shout-out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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