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Caterwaul   /kˈætərwɑl/   Listen
Caterwaul

noun
1.
The yowling sound made by a cat in heat.





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"Caterwaul" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Caterwaul" :   shriek, yowl, pipe, pipe up, cry, shrill


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