countercry

noun

coun·ter·cry | \ ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkrī

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variants: or counter-cry

plural countercries or counter-cries

Definition of countercry

: a cry made in response to another cry The cry had been raised to save the splendid pile, and the counter-cry … to save it from being saved.— Henry James All through the South and West, Elvis is packing theaters … and filling letters-to-the-editor columns with cries of alarm and, from adolescents, counter-cries of adulation. — Time

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The first known use of countercry was in 1803

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