'Hue and cry' definitions:
Definition of 'hue and cry'
From: WordNet
noun
Loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry]
Definition of 'Hue and cry'
From: GCIDE
- Hue \Hue\, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation. [1913 Webster]
- Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hue and cry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air-raid alarm,
- alarm,
- alarm bell,
- alarm clock,
- alarm signal,
- alarum,
- alert,
- all clear,
- ballyhoo,
- beacon,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- blast,
- blinking light,
- blurb,
- bobbery,
- brawl,
- bright light,
- brouhaha,
- burglar alarm,
- buzzer,
- celebrity,
- charivari,
- chase,
- chirm,
- clamor,
- clangor,
- clap,
- clatter,
- common knowledge,
- commotion,
- crostarie,
- cry,
- currency,
- daylight,
- din,
- discord,
- dogging,
- donnybrook,
- drunken brawl,
- dustup,
- eclat,
- exposure,
- fame,
- famousness,
- fiery cross,
- fire alarm,
- fire bell,
- fire flag,
- five-minute gun,
- flap,
- flashing light,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- foghorn,
- follow,
- follow-up,
- following,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- gaff,
- gale warning,
- glare,
- hell broke loose,
- hoopla,
- hooter,
- horn,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hunting,
- hurricane warning,
- jangle,
- Klaxon,
- lighthouse,
- limelight,
- loud noise,
- maximum dissemination,
- Mayday,
- noise,
- noise and shouting,
- note of alarm,
- notoriety,
- occulting light,
- outcry,
- pandemonium,
- plug,
- police whistle,
- PR,
- press notice,
- prosecution,
- public eye,
- public knowledge,
- public relations,
- public report,
- publicity,
- publicity story,
- publicness,
- puff,
- pursuance,
- pursuing,
- pursuit,
- quest,
- racket,
- rattle,
- reclame,
- report,
- rhubarb,
- roar,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumble,
- rumpus,
- searching,
- seeking,
- shadowing,
- shindy,
- shivaree,
- signal of distress,
- siren,
- small-craft warning,
- SOS,
- spotlight,
- stalking,
- still alarm,
- storm cone,
- storm flag,
- storm warning,
- thunder,
- thunderclap,
- tintamarre,
- tocsin,
- tracking,
- tracking down,
- trailing,
- tumult,
- two-minute gun,
- uproar,
- upside-down flag,
- vociferation,
- whistle,
- write-up