Cry

Pronunciation: kr?
n. pl. Cries (krz).
  1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.
  2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
  3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
  4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
  5. Importunate supplication.
  6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
  7. Common report; fame.
  8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
  9. A pack of hounds.
  10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
  11. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
    12. A far cry ,
    a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.