noun
- a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction: the clamor of the proponents of the law.
- popular outcry: The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation.
- any loud and continued noise: the clamor of traffic; the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo.
verb (used without object)
- to make a clamor; raise an outcry.
verb (used with object)
- to drive, force, influence, etc., by clamoring: The newspapers clamored him out of office.
- to utter noisily: They clamored their demands at the meeting.
noun
- a loud persistent outcry, as from a large number of people
- a vehement expression of collective feeling or outragea clamour against higher prices
- a loud and persistent noisethe clamour of traffic
verb
- (intr; often foll by for or against) to make a loud noise or outcry; make a public demandthey clamoured for attention
- (tr) to move, influence, or force by outcrythe people clamoured him out of office
chiefly British English spelling of clamor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or. Related: Clamoured; clamouring; clamourous.
late 14c., from Old French clamor “call, cry, appeal, outcry” (12c., Modern French clameur), from Latin clamor “a shout, a loud call” (either friendly or hostile), from clamare “to cry out” (see claim (v.)).
late 14c., from clamor (n.). Related: Clamored; clamoring.