Related Clues:

• Uttered loud cries
• Flinched, e.g
• Prepared for a sock
• Vented, say
• Cried out in a loud high-pitched voice
• Reacted to a scare
• Grew taut
• Reacted to danger
• Readied for impact
• Criminal scared to admit this person was a squealer
• Southern elite journalist was crying?
• Yelled, wailed