outcry

noun, plural out·cries.

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), out·cried, out·cry·ing.

5. to outdo in crying; cry louder than.

noun (ˈaʊtˌkraɪ) plural -cries

1. a widespread or vehement protest
2. clamour; uproar
3. commerce a method of trading in which dealers shout out bids and offers at a prearranged meetingsale by open outcry

verb (ˌaʊtˈkraɪ) -cries, -crying or -cried

4. (tr) to cry louder or make more noise than (someone or something)

n.mid-14c., “act of crying aloud,” from out + cry (v.). In metaphoric sense of “public protest,” first attested 1911 in George Bernard Shaw.