caterwaul
to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.
to quarrel like cats.
the cry of a cat in rutting time.
any similar sound.
Origin of caterwaul
1Other words for caterwaul
Other words from caterwaul
- cat·er·waul·er, noun
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How to use caterwaul in a sentence
On The View, while she leads the show, she sat apart from the more hysterical caterwauling and general idiocy around her.
Another shovels strings of rubber bands into his mouth like spaghetti, provoking more caterwauling from the judges.
The Most Depressing Show on Earth: Amongst the Clowns of Newark | Lizzie Crocker | March 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is just too much, all this babyish caterwauling from Mitch McConnell.
To be sure, there was plenty of Democratic caterwauling about the Reagan budget.
Deaf Old Gentleman (seated by piano, talking to pretty girl)—I'd rather listen to you than hear this caterwauling.
From inside came the rare sound of water splashing, mixed with a wheezing, off-key caterwauling.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyThe night was still, save for a love-sick panther somewhere on the mountain, a-caterwauling under the June stars.
The Little Red Foot | Robert W. ChambersAnother South American breed is said to be free from the hideous “caterwauling” of the ordinary cat.
The voices are filled with night—black hollow gloomy night or else they are as strident as the caterwauling of a Tom Cat.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing | James Francis Cooke
British Dictionary definitions for caterwaul
/ (ˈkætəˌwɔːl) /
to make a yowling noise, as a cat on heat
a shriek or yell made by or sounding like a cat on heat
Origin of caterwaul
1Derived forms of caterwaul
- caterwauler, noun
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