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outcry
English
Etymology
From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- +? cry.The verb is from Middle English outcrien.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK, US) enPR: out?kr?, IPA(key): /?a?tk?a?/
Verb
- (UK, US) enPR: out-kr??, IPA(key): /a?t?k?a?/
Noun
outcry (plural outcries)
- A loud cry or uproar.
- (figuratively) A strong protest.
- (India, archaic) An auction.
- to send goods to an outcry
Translations
Verb
outcry (third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried)
- (intransitive) To cry out.
- 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
- I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.
- 1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
- (transitive) To cry louder than.
- 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)
- ...outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle...
- 2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic (page 104)
- The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.
- 2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the lines (page 355)
Anagrams
- cry out
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clatter
English
Etymology
From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin.
The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?klæt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?klæt?/
- Rhymes: -æt?(?)
- Hyphenation: clat?ter
Verb
clatter (third-person singular simple present clatters, present participle clattering, simple past and past participle clattered)
- (intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard,
- And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred;
- He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
- But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
- Bess, the landlord's daughter,
- Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- (transitive) To cause to make a rattling noise.
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy
- You clatter still your brazen kettle.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Chapter V:
- When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn(2) in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones:...
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy
- (intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- But if that I knewe what his name hight,
For clatering of me I would him ?one quight;
For his fal?e lying, of that I ?pake never,
I could make him ?hortly repent him forever: […]
- But if that I knewe what his name hight,
- I see thou dost but clatter.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- (Northern England) To hit; to smack.
- 1988, Harry Enfield, Friday Night Live:
- "I can't watch it because I have to go outside and clatter someone in the nuts!”
- 2010, Gerald Hansen, Hand in the Till:
- “An Orange bitch clattered seven shades of shite out of her,” Padraig eagerly piped up.
- 1988, Harry Enfield, Friday Night Live:
Derived terms
- clatterer
- clattering
- clatteringly
Translations
Noun
clatter (plural clatters)
- A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.
- A loud disturbance.
- Noisy talk or chatter.
Synonyms
- commotion
- racket
Derived terms
- clattery
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “clatter”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- clatter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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