0 to produce tears as the result of a strong emotion, such as unhappiness or pain: --
[ + speech ] "Watch out!" she cried.
3 a period of crying: --
4 to produce tears as the result of a strong emotion, such as unhappiness or pain: --
Therefore, each technologically crafted cry and artificially extended joyous moan ironically testifies to the unavoidable and primitive dictates of human physiology.
Sometimes customers give no more than a passing glance at the stalls and little attention to the vendors' promotional cries.
This weak position is coupled with the female cry, the scream of fear or death - the non-verbal expression of impotence.
Species-typical vocalizations such as crying and laughing are under minimal conscious control and are poor candidates for behavioral shaping.
It is through a cry that the infant expresses its needs and desires and by silence or vocal sounds that it acknowledges contentment.
For example, an infant who is not very hungry may cry manipulatively for nursing, care, or proximity.
Factorial designs would compare "manipulative," "colic," and "honest" (pain or hunger) cries.
Participants tended to attribute all cries to hunger.
