outcry

UK /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/ US /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/
noun 3verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A loud cry or uproar.

His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering.

2

A strong protest.

The proposal was met with a public outcry.

The Western Region has sought approval for the withdrawal of passenger services between Ashchurch Junction and Upton-on-Severn. There was a proposal to withdraw the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer as a tourist centre secured a reprieve.

3

An auction.

to send goods to an outcry

verb

1

To cry out.

I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.

2

To cry louder than.

[…] outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle […]

The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.

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