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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
- Example: "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
[syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vociferation \Vo*cif`er*a"tion\, n. [L. vociferatio: cf. F. vocif['e]ration.] The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice. [1913 Webster] Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the hearts of the ignorant. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of emotion or of pain. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vociferation n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation]