Caterwaul

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  • intransitive verb. To cry or screech like a cat in heat.
  • intransitive verb. To make a shrill, discordant sound.
  • intransitive verb. To have a noisy argument.
  • noun. A shrill, discordant sound.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cry as cats under the influence of the sexual instinct; make a disagreeable howling or screeching.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A caterwauling.
  • intransitive verb. To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
  • verb. To have a noisy argument, like cats.
  • noun. A yowling.
  • noun. A noisy quarrel.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. utter shrieks, as of cats
  • noun. the yowling sound made by a cat in heat
    • Word Usage
    "I was not going to indict, complain or caterwaul, which is why I didn't even consider writing a year-in-review piece before very early this morning."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cry  pipe  pipe up  shriek  shrill  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chirruping  dish-washing  indifferentism  plashing  plod  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    argument  bark  battle cry  bawl  bay  
    verb-form
    caterwauled  caterwauling  caterwauls  
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