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Caterwaul   /kˈætərwɑl/   Listen
Caterwaul

noun
1.
The yowling sound made by a cat in heat.
verb
(past & past part. caterwauled; pres. part. caterwauling)
1.
Utter shrieks, as of cats.  Synonym: yowl.





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"Caterwaul" Quotes from Famous Books



... faults of attack in class-singing are sliding to the pitch instead of striking it accurately, and beginning to sing with the mouth still closed, or only partly open. When the attack presents the combined effects of these two common habits, a quite realistic caterwaul is ...
— The Child-Voice in Singing • Francis E. Howard
... being stuck with feathers, flying in the air as long as possible, the impelling member being the foot, the players standing in a circle and numbering from four to twenty. Some show great dexterity in kicking with the heel. His vocal music to our ears seems a monotonous caterwaul. His violin has but one string: his execution is merely a modified ...
— Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. • Various


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