squawk
verb (used without object)
to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
squawker
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a word derived from
squawk.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps you know this skinny-stilted bird as that deceitful little squawker who pulls out the high-drama “Ow! My leg!” distraction ploy when its nest is threatened.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2019
But Hitnes’s glossy black squawker isn’t the only painted bird to land in this Upper Manhattan neighborhood, where Audubon spent the last decade of his life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2015
This occurred immediately after Reporter Brundidge had revealed that the murdered Julius Rosenheim, "squawker, fixer and shakedown artist," had been Reese's tipster.
From Time Magazine Archive
As to his voice—well, he is a genuine squawker.
From Birds of the Rockies by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
And Kitty said,—“Oh, open your mouth As much as ever you please; I’m going to take your gosling, Because I love to tease Such a cranky, impudent squawker as you.”
From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Daphne Dale
