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cry

verb
  1. To make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears: bawl, blubber, howl, keen 2, sob, wail, weep, yowl. See happy, sounds
  2. To speak suddenly or sharply, as from surprise or emotion. Also used with out: blurt (out), burst out, ejaculate, exclaim, rap out. See words
  3. To speak or say very loudly or with a shout: bawl, bellow, bluster, call, clamor, halloo, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell. See sounds
  4. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product). Also used with up: advertise, ballyhoo, build up, popularize, promote, publicize, talk up. Informal: pitch, plug. Slang: push. See knowledge
noun
  1. A sudden, sharp utterance: ejaculation, exclamation, outcry. See words
  2. A fit of crying: bawling, blubbering, sobbing, tear 2 (used in plural), wailing, weeping. See sounds
  3. The act of demanding: call, claim, demand, exaction, requisition. See request
  4. A rallying term used by proponents of a cause: battle cry, call to arms, call to battle, motto, rallying cry, war cry. See words

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