Outcry Cry Public Noun Verb B Protest Out·Cry

out·cry
\\ˈau̇t-ˌkrī\\ noun1.
  a. a loud cry :

clamor

  b. a vehement protest
2.

outcry
  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.

outcry
out·cry / 5autkrai / noun [C, U]
   (pl. -ies) ~ (at / over / against sth) a reaction of anger or strong protest shown by people in public
   呐喊；怒吼；强烈的抗议:
   an outcry over the proposed change
   对拟议的改革所发出的强烈抗议
   The new tax provoked a public outcry.
   新税项引起了公众的强烈抗议。
   There was outcry at the judge's statement.
   法官的陈辞引起一片譁然。

outcry noun

outcry
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from out + cry (after crien out to cry out)
1.
 a. : a crying out : a loud and excited cry or exclamation : ,
  < that outcry of despair — P.B.Shelley >
  < still she made her outcry for the ring — Alfred Tennyson >
 b. : a vehement public protest or demand
  < the outcry against him reverberated throughout the country — Allan Nevins >
  < an outcry for more and better cottages — G.E.Fussell >
2.
 a. :
  < the executor's duty to sell it at public outcry — Southeastern Reporter >
 b. : a calling out of a price (as in a commodity exchange)
  < a buyer and seller in the ring can by open outcry mutually agree on a price — Commodities >
II. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: Middle English outcrien, from out + crien to cry — more at
intransitive verb
: to cry out
 < my every pulse outcries for love — Evaleen Stein >
transitive verb
[out- + cry] : to outdo in shouting

 < outcry his competitors >