CLAMOUR


Meaning of CLAMOUR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ klæmə(r) ]

( clamours, clamouring, clamoured)

Note: in AM, use 'clamor'

1.

If people are clamouring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way. ( JOURNALISM )

...competing parties clamouring for the attention of the voter...

At breakfast next morning my two grandsons were clamouring to go swimming.

VERB : V for n , V to-inf

Clamour is also a noun.

...the clamour for his resignation.

N-SING : oft N for n

2.

Clamour is used to describe the loud noise of a large group of people talking or shouting together.

She could hear a clamour in the road outside.

N-SING

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