SHOUT DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shout down mean? 

• SHOUT DOWN (verb)
  The verb SHOUT DOWN has 1 sense:

1. silence or overwhelm by shouting

  Familiarity information: SHOUT DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOUT DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Silence or overwhelm by shouting

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "shout down" is one way to...):

hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

“What ho! below there!” I heard Latimer shout down the scuttle, too cautious to descend into the inferno of passion he could hear raging beneath him in the darkness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)