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clam·or
I. \ˈklamə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Usage: see -or
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French clamur, clamour, from Latin clamor, from clamare to cry out — more at claim
1.
a. : the loud and continued uproar of many human voices : hubbub, rumpus
< the clamor of children at play >
b. : a loud continued and usually confused noise (as of animals, birds, musical instruments, or a storm) : tumult, din
< finches and flickers … gave out a dissonant and reedy clamor — Jean Stafford >
< the even clamor of a waterfall >
2. : a loud and insistent expression (as of dissatisfaction, support, indignation) : popular outcry
< clamor against exorbitant taxes >
< clamor for home rule >
II. verb
(clamored ; clamored ; clamoring \-m(ə)riŋ\ ; clamors)
Usage: see -or
intransitive verb
1. : to make a din : utter loud, mixed, and confused outcries or sounds
< a clamoring group whose voices were like the squalling of gulls — Kenneth Roberts >
2. : to appeal, demand, or protest by sustained noisy outcry
< threatening him with impeachment … and clamoring for the suppression of his command — J.A.Froude >
< he can borrow no more, and his debtors are clamoring — Gertrude Atherton >
transitive verb
1. : to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
< clamored their piteous prayer incessantly — H.W.Longfellow >
2. : to reduce to a certain condition or to effect a certain objective from by means of clamor
Synonyms: see roar
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Usage: see -or
Etymology: probably from clam (II) + -or
obsolete : to put an end to the noise of : silence
< clamor your tongues, and not a word more — Shakespeare > |