squawk
verb (used without object)
to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
squawks
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pluralof squawk.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof squawk (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
squawkverb (used without object)to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
Example Sentences
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His mash-up feels fresh, just as the bombastic score by Juri Seppä and Tuomas Wäinölä boldly borrows Ennio Morricone’s soaring horns and wah-wah-waaah squawks while adding its own gargle of Finnish throat singing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
A laptop on the center console dings like a supermarket scanner every time license-plate readers attached to the truck capture another car’s tag—and the computer squawks when it spots a possible repo candidate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The honks and squawks of ibises and louries - shuffling silhouettes in the leafless trees.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2023
Here, it’s called Stickipoo — and if its robotic squawks and light-saber glow appear on loan from George Lucas, that’s only fair.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
He came behind me into the reception room where the birds flamed in the cage, their squawks like screams in a nightmare.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
