Talk:shout

Diachronic change in "free treat" senses?
This is from Webster 1913: note that it isn't as narrow as our noun (which only covers a round of drinks in a pub) and that it suggests different regional usage (including the US and excluding the UK). Equinox ◑ 17:28, 25 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Adjective: "To entertain with refreshments or the like gratuitously; to treat. [Slang, Australia & U. S.] To treat (one) to something; also, to give (something) by way of treating. [Slang, Australia & U. S.]"
 * Noun: "A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshments or the like; a treat. [Slang, Australia & U. S.]"

"Shout to" somebody near to you
If you speak very loudly to someone who is near to you, for example because you are angry with them, you shout at/*to them. Can't you shout to somebody who is near to you?

Secondly, if you are angry at somebody who is not near to you, do you shout at or to them? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:59, 8 September 2021 (UTC)