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clamouring

clamouring is the present participle and gerund of clamour.

Meaning of clamour

Verb

clamour (third-person singular simple present clamours, present participle clamouring, simple past and past participle clamoured)

  1. UK and Canada standard spelling of clamor.
    • The second argument , against the integrity of the Law from this Omission , has been clamoured by a large Body of Answerers1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To salute loudly.
    • At ſight of him the people with a ſhout / Rifted the Air clamouring thir god with praiſe,1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 94, lines...
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To stun with noise.
    • Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Counsel”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.

See all 5 meanings of clamour

Noun

clamouring (plural clamourings)

  1. A sound that clamours.

Forms of clamouring

Verb
alternative formclamoring
Noun
pluralclamourings

Questions about clamouring

What does clamouring mean?
Clamouring means a sound that clamours.
What is clamouring the present participle and gerund of?
Clamouring is the present participle and gerund of clamour.
What part of speech is clamouring?
Clamouring is a noun.
What is the plural of clamouring?
The plural of clamouring is clamourings.

Words near clamouring in the dictionary

  1. clamoured
  2. clamourer
  3. clamourers
  4. clamourest
  5. clamoureth
  6. clamouring
  7. clamourings
  8. clamourous
  9. clamourously
  10. clamourousness
  11. clamours

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