Caterwauling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The crying of cats; a howling or screeching.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of caterwaul.