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Definition of shouting noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shouting

noun
 
/ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/
 
/ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1. shouts from a number of people
    • Didn't you hear all the shouting?
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryShouting is used before these nouns:
    • match
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Idioms
be all over bar the shouting
  1. (British English) (of an activity or a competition) to be almost finished or decided, so that there is no doubt about the final result
    • The game is all over bar the shouting.
within shouting distance (of something) (especially North American English)
(also within touching distance British and North American English)
(British English also within spitting distance)
  1. (informal) very close
    • We live within shouting distance of the bus station.
    • We came within shouting distance of winning the cup.
See shouting in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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