clamor
KLAM-ernounMeaning a loud, confused noise, especially of people demanding something
Memory hook CLAM-or: all shouting for CLAMS. At feeding time, the penguins crowd around the keeper, all squawking at once for clams and fish: what a clamor!
The clamor of the crowd outside drowned out the speaker.
In context When the store announced a half-price sale, the clamor at its doors grew so loud that the manager opened an hour early just to quiet the shouting shoppers.
Similar din, uproar, racket, outcry
Opposite silence, quiet, hush
From Latin clamor, “a shout,” from clamare (to cry out).