I. ˈklamə(r) noun
( -s )
Usage: see -or
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French clamur, clamour, from Latin clamor, from clamare to cry out — more at claim
1.
a. : the loud and continued uproar of many human voices : hubbub , rumpus
the clamor of children at play
b. : a loud continued and usually confused noise (as of animals, birds, musical instruments, or a storm) : tumult , din
finches and flickers … gave out a dissonant and reedy clamor — Jean Stafford
the even clamor of a waterfall
2. : a loud and insistent expression (as of dissatisfaction, support, indignation) : popular outcry
clamor against exorbitant taxes
clamor for home rule
II. verb
( clamored ; clamored ; clamoring -m(ə)riŋ ; clamors )
Usage: see -or
intransitive verb
1. : to make a din : utter loud, mixed, and confused outcries or sounds
a clamoring group whose voices were like the squalling of gulls — Kenneth Roberts
2. : to appeal, demand, or protest by sustained noisy outcry
threatening him with impeachment … and clamoring for the suppression of his command — J.A.Froude
he can borrow no more, and his debtors are clamoring — Gertrude Atherton
transitive verb
1. : to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
clamored their piteous prayer incessantly — H.W.Longfellow
2. : to reduce to a certain condition or to effect a certain objective from by means of clamor
Synonyms: see roar
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -or
Etymology: probably from clam (II) + -or
obsolete : to put an end to the noise of : silence
clamor your tongues, and not a word more — Shakespeare