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out⋅cry

  [n. out-krahy; v., out-krahy] noun, plural -cries, verb, -cried, -cry⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
2. a crying out.
3. loud clamor.
4. an auction.
–verb (used with object)
5. to outdo in crying; cry louder than.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see out-, cry

Synonyms:
3. uproar, commotion.
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out·cry   (out'krī')   
n.   pl. out·cries

  1. A loud cry or clamor.

  2. A strong protest or objection: public outcry over the rise in prices.

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Word Origin & History

outcry  (n.)
1382, "act of crying aloud," from out + cry (q.v.). In metaphoric sense of "public protest," first attested 1911 in George Bernard Shaw.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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