shout the odds

verb

To talk loudly or boastfully; to make a verbal fuss.

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Meanings

verbshout the odds (third-person singular simple present shouts the odds, present participle shouting the odds, simple past and past participle shouted the odds)

present singular third person shouts the odds · participle present shouting the odds · participle past shouted the odds · past shouted the odds

  1. UKcolloquialTo talk loudly or boastfully; to make a verbal fuss.

    He's shouting the odds at the Airdrie players when the Ref nods to two Police. And he's still shouting and bawling when the Police drag him away backwards up the terraces and make him stand in the damp shade and dripping rain.

    2011, Des Dillon, Return Of The Busby Babes, page 107
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APA

shout the odds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shout%20the%20odds

MLA

“shout the odds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shout%20the%20odds. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shout the odds,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shout%20the%20odds.

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