screamer

noun

1. a person or thing that screams.
2. Informal. something or someone causing screams of excitement, laughter, or the like.
3. Printing Slang. an exclamation point.
4. Journalism.
   1. a sensational headline.
   2. banner(def 7).Compare scarehead.
5. Baseball Slang. an extremely hard-hit line drive.
6. Ornithology. any of several South American birds of the family Anhimidae, having a harsh, trumpeting call.

noun

1. a person or thing that screams
2. any goose-like aquatic bird, such as Chauna torquata (crested screamer), of the family Anhimidae of tropical and subtropical South America: order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, etc)
3. someone or something that raises screams of laughter or astonishment
4. US and Canadian slang a sensational headline
5. Australian slang
   1. a person or thing that is excellent of its kind
   2. See two-pot screamer