caterwaul

caterwaul
Synonyms and related words:
bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, bicker, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray, call, cheer, creak, cry, fall out, give tongue, give voice, hail, halloo, holler, hollo, hoot, howl, hurrah, keen, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, pipe, pule, rallying cry, roar, row, scrap, screak, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, skirl, skreigh, spat, squabble, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, tiff, troat, ululate, ululation, wail, war cry, war whoop, whicker, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, wrangle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yo-ho, yowl

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  • Caterwaul — Cat er*waul, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caterwauled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caterwauling}.] [Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a cat.] To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Caterwaul — Cat er*waul, n. A caterwauling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • caterwaul — late 14c., caterwrawen, perhaps from M.Du. cater tomcat + M.E. waul to yowl, apparently from O.E. *wrag, *wrah angry, of uncertain origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • caterwaul — [v] make screeching, crying noise bawl, bicker, howl, quarrel, scream, screech, shriek, squall, wail, yell, yowl; concept 77 …   New thesaurus

  • caterwaul — ► VERB ▪ make a shrill howling or wailing noise. ► NOUN ▪ a shrill howling or wailing noise …   English terms dictionary

  • caterwaul — [kat′ər wôl΄] vi. [ME caterwrawen, caterwawen < cater (prob. < MDu kater, tomcat) + v. wrawlen, wawlen; prob. echoic] to make a shrill, howling sound like that of a cat at rutting time; screech; wail n. such a sound …   English World dictionary

  • caterwaul — UK [ˈkætə(r)wɔːl] / US [ˈkætərˌwɔl] verb [intransitive] Word forms caterwaul : present tense I/you/we/they caterwaul he/she/it caterwauls present participle caterwauling past tense caterwauled past participle caterwauled if a person or animal… …   English dictionary

  • caterwaul — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English caterwawen Date: 14th century 1. to make a harsh cry 2. to protest or complain noisily • caterwaul noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • caterwaul — [[t]kæ̱tə(r)wɔːl[/t]] caterwauls, caterwauling, caterwauled VERB If a person or animal caterwauls, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight. At the water s edge they resumed caterwauling and waving… …   English dictionary

  • caterwaul — verb (I) to make a loud high unpleasant noise like the sound a cat makes caterwaul noun (singular) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Caterwaul & Doggerel — Infobox Album | Name = Caterwaul Doggerel Type = EP Artist = Bob Snider Released = 1995 Recorded = Genre = Folk Label = Producer = Bob Snider Reviews = Last album = Live at the Free Times Cafe (1989) This album = Caterwaul Doggerel (1995) Next… …   Wikipedia

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