scream
n. countablen. a loud, sharp cry or sound made when someone is very scared, in pain, or excited. You might also use it to describe a person or thing that is very funny.
n. a loud, piercing, and high-pitched vocalisation or sound, typically expressive of intense emotion or physical distress. In informal registers, it may refer to a person or situation that is remarkably humorous.
A loud scream came from the dark room.
The audience let out a collective scream of delight when the lead singer finally walked onto the stage.
The silence of the night was shattered by a piercing scream that echoed through the valley, leaving the villagers in a state of sudden, breathless apprehension.
Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate to Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.
Commonly used with the verb 'let out' or 'give'.