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clamor

1 American  
[klam-er] / ˈklæm ər /
especially British, clamour

noun

  1. a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people.

    the clamor of the crowd at the gates.

  2. a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction.

    the clamor of the proponents of the law.
    Synonyms:
    vociferation

  3. popular outcry.

    The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation.

  4. any loud and continued noise: the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo.

    the clamor of traffic;

    the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo.

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a clamor; raise an outcry.

verb (used with object)

  1. to drive, force, influence, etc., by clamoring.

    The newspapers clamored him out of office.

  2. to utter noisily.

    They clamored their demands at the meeting.
clamor 2 American  
[klam-er] / ˈklæm ər /

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.

  1. to silence.

Spelling

See -or.

Related Words

See noise.

Other Word Forms

  • clamorer noun
  • clamorist noun

Etymology

Origin of clamor1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English clamor (from Anglo-French ), from Latin, equivalent to clām- ( claim ) + -or -or 1; Middle English clamour, from Middle French, from Latin clāmōr- (stem of clāmor )

Origin of clamor2

First recorded in 1605–15; perhaps spelling variant of clammer, obsolete variant of clamber in sense “to clutch,” hence “reduce to silence”

Example Sentences

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Gingersnipes clamored in front of him, pressing her paws to his chest.

From Literature

Still, after the clamor died down, Kaplan’s accessible Haggadah became an example for many subsequent versions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stars themselves are starting to clamor to be under those lights.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hoover’s books are so popular that studios are clamoring for the rights to adapt them, aware of the fact that the films will make money regardless of whether or not they’re actually good.

From Salon

He jerked his head to one side, and I clamored unsteadily to my feet.

From Literature

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