different between outcry vs stevvon

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)

1. A loud cry or uproar.

2. (figuratively) A strong protest.
3. (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)

1. (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.

2. (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.

Anagrams

• cry out

English

Etymology

See steven (“voice”).

Verb

stevvon (third-person singular simple present stevvons, present participle stevvoning, simple past and past participle stevvoned)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To speak (especially loudly) or shout.