(n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
Example Sentences:
(1) "It's been another frustrating night," said Pearson, after Harry Kane's header proved an insufficient response to a close-range Troy Deeney volley and a 30-yard screamer by Nathaniel Chalobah.
(2) 48 min: The busy Di Maria cuts in from the right and unleashes a screamer towards the top-left corner.
(3) In contrast all true geese, the Mute Swan as well as the Northern Blackneck Screamer contain lysozyme g in their egg white.
(4) 36 Real Madrid 7-1 Celta Vigo , La Liga, 5 March 2016 Ronaldo blasted four goals in 26 second-half minutes, starting with a 25-yard screamer, adding a curling free-kick from the edge of the area, finishing from close range for his hat-trick before heading home his fourth, turning what had been a close contest into a rout.
(5) Vocal cord nodules have a variety of synonyms in the literature, including laryngeal nodules, laryngeal nodes, corditis nodosa, singers' nodes, teachers' nodules, screamers' nodes, parsons' nodes, and nodular laryngitis.
(6) 63 min: Frank Lampard tries to score with a left-footed surface-to-air screamer from 25 yards.
(7) United equalised through Stuart Pearson, and though Tony Towers belted home a screamer with ten minutes remaining to regain the lead for the visitors, Jeff Clarke scored an own goal with less than 180 seconds left on the clock.
(8) One of them, a dipping screamer against Uruguay, is the goal of this World Cup to date.
(9) 71 mins: Steven Gerrard sends a screamer blazing over the bar from a few yards outside the box.
(10) The first had a crystalline internum and was found only in the order Anseriformes, which included the black-necked screamer, ducks, geese and swans.
(11) It falls to Musa, though, who unleashes an absolute screamer from the edge of the box and into the top of the net.
(12) Brazil 0-7 Germany (Schurrle 78) That is a sublime finish from Andre Schurrle, who roofs the ball into the top corner with a diagonal left-footed screamer from about eight yards out, on the left side of the penalty area, after Germany had turned Marcelo inside-out again with yet another attack down the left.
(13) I’m not massively into the screamers, because I think sometimes fellas just hit it and there’s an element of luck over whether it flies into the top corner or over the bar.
(14) Southampton march on after Sofiane Boufal screamer sinks Sunderland Read more
(15) The Frenchman shoots first time and sends his surface-to-air screamer high and wide.
(16) As she crossed the line I felt like old man Beckham must have felt when David fired home that screamer against Greece in 2001 .
(17) Tottenham’s other strikers, Emmanuel Adebayor and Roberto Soldado, were not a part of the squad in Munich, as they negotiated transfers away from the club, although Pochettino said that Soldado was still a part of his plans: “He did not come here because there was a problem with his back but he is in our plans.” Tottenham played well and they took the lead early on when Chadli scored a screamer from the edge of the area.
(18) He explained his screamer against China in the group stage in rather more simple fashion: 'The truth is that I just fix the position of the target in my mind, close my eyes and try to hit it as hard as possible.'
(19) The goal went in, a screamer against Sheffield Wednesday which put Ibe into the record books as Wycombe’s youngest ever goalscorer, and he made straight for his family standing behind the perimeter fence on half way.
(20) Remember his screamer against Juventus at Anfield in 2005?
Shot
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Shoot
() imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
(a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
(v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
(pl. ) of Shot
(n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
(n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
(n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.
(n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.
(n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
(v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun.
Example Sentences:
(1) Villagers, including one man who has been left disabled and the relatives of six men who were killed, are suing ABG in the UK high court, represented by British law firm Leigh Day, alleging that Tanzanian police officers shot unarmed locals.
(2) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
(3) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(4) A further 23 Syrian Kurds , among them women and children, were shot dead in the nearby village of Barkh Butan, the group said.
(5) Osman had gone close before that, flashing a shot over from seven yards after a corner.
(6) "They couldn't understand until I said 'No, because I'm a big shot now, because I am in Wild Wild West and I have, like, 10 covers coming out, and I want a bigger part.'
(7) Slager, 33, was a patrolman first class for the North Charleston police department when he fatally shot Scott, 50, following a struggle that led from a traffic stop when the officer noticed that one of Scott’s car tail lights was broken.
(8) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
(9) The grand patriarch, battling dissent and delusion, coming in for another shot, a new king on the throne, an impossible future to face down.
(10) In 2009, a US army major shot 13 dead in Fort Hood, Texas .
(11) Gibbs was sent off in the first half at Stamford Bridge for handball, despite replays clearly showing it was his team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who illegally deflected an Eden Hazard shot.
(12) At least Depay departed having had a shot on target, something his manager will probably offer as proof United are improving.
(13) I have the BBC app on my phone and it updates me, and I saw the wire ‘Malaysian flight goes missing over Ukraine.’ I’m like, well it’s probably the Russians who shot it down.
(14) When you’ve got a man with a longer jab, you can’t throw single shots.
(15) Two officers who witnessed the shooting of unarmed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati will not face criminal charges, despite seemingly corroborating a false claim that DuBose’s vehicle dragged officer Ray Tensing before he was fatally shot.
(16) Michael Brown’s parents, appearing on the Today show on Tuesday, said they believe the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, would be alleviated by the prosecution of the officer who shot and killed their son.
(17) Learn from the masters The best way to recognise a good shot is to look at lots of other photographs.
(18) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
(19) Lion cubs fathered by Cecil, the celebrated lion shot dead in Zimbabwe , may already have been killed by a rival male lion and even if they were still alive there was nothing conservationists could do to protect them, a conservation charity has warned.
(20) The film was shot in Monastir, Tunisia, for $4m, with financing from George Harrison's HandMade Films company, and each of the Pythons plays at least three roles.