clamoring

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clamoring - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clamor \Clam"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Clamoring.]
     1. To salute loudly. [R.]
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              The people with a shout
              Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.
                                                    --Milton
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     2. To stun with noise. [R.] --Bacon.
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     3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
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              Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
                                                    --Longfellow.
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              To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as
              to produce a loud clang.              --Bp.
                                                    Warbur?ion.
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clamoring - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clamoring
      n 1: loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored
           the clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamoring,
           clamour, clamouring, hue and cry]