Holler vs. Scream

Hollernoun

A yell, shout.

‘I heard a holler from over the fence.’;

Screamnoun

A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.

Hollernoun

By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.

‘If you need anything, just give me a holler.’;

Screamnoun

(music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough, distorted version of the voice; rather than the normal voice of the singer.

Hollernoun

alternative form of hollowsmall valley between mountains.

Screamnoun

(informal) Used as an intensifier

‘We had a real scream of a time at the beach.’;

Hollerverb

(intransitive) To yell or shout.

‘You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.’;

Screamnoun

(printers' slang) exclamation mark

Hollerverb

(transitive) To call out one or more words

Screamverb

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

Hollerverb

To complain, gripe

Screamverb

To move quickly; to race.

‘''He almost hit a pole, the way he came screaming down the hill.’;

Holleradjective

alternative form of hollow.

‘the holler tree’;

Screamverb

To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

‘I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.’; ‘And scream thyself as none e'er screamed before.’;

Hollernoun

a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal);

‘his bellow filled the hallway’;

Screamnoun

A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.

Hollernoun

a small valley between mountains;

‘he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians’;

Screamnoun

sharp piercing cry;

‘her screaming attracted the neighbors’;

Hollerverb

shout out;

‘He hollered out to surrender our weapons’;

Screamnoun

a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry;

‘he ducked at the screechings of shells’; ‘he heard the scream of the brakes’;

Hollerverb

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’;

Screamnoun

a joke that seems extremely funny

Hollerverb

complain;

‘What was he hollering about?’;

Screamverb

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’;

Hollerverb

give a loud shout or cry

‘he hollers when he wants feeding’; ‘‘I can't get down,’ she hollered’;

Screamverb

utter or declare in a very loud voice;

‘You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine’;

Hollerverb

contact (someone)

‘I got his number, so you can holler at him when you get a chance’; ‘holler at me when you get a normal business model’;

Screamverb

make a loud, piercing sound;

‘Fighter planes are screaming through the skies’;

Hollernoun

a loud cry or shout

‘the audience responded with whoops and hollers’;

Hollernoun

a melodic cry with abrupt or swooping changes of pitch, used originally by black slaves at work in the fields and later contributing to the development of the blues.