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▪ I. squawk, n.|skwɔːk|
Also skwawk.
[f. next.]
1. a. A loud grating call or cry; a hoarse squall.
1850R. S. Hawker in C. E. Byles Life & Lett. (1905) xiii. 212 There is..the Squawk of the demon on every platform. 1863Reade Hard Cash II. 337 At sight of this lowering figure Hannah uttered a squawk, and fled with cheeks red as fire. 1889Clark Russell Marooned (1890) 283 The harsh squawk of the macaw or some such fowl came like the edge of a saw out of the..forest.
b. fig. A complaint, a protest, esp. in phr. to set (or put) up a squawk. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
1909C. B. Chrysler White Slavery ix. 70 ‘Snatchin' simps’ is good enough for Little Willie, there is no ‘fall’, no squawk, all you have to do is to stall. 1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 79 Squawk,..a protest; a vociferous demonstration, as an indignant repudiation of an injustice... ‘If you don't put up a squawk they'll trim you.’ 1948M. Laski Tory Heaven ix. 126 They was just told to shut down and shut down they did..there wasn't a squawk out of none of them. 1973‘B. Mather’ Snowline ii. 25 Our starry-eyed bleeding-hearts and permissives at home set up a squawk. 1976‘R. B. Dominic’ Murder out of Commission xvi. 147 How in God's name can we set up a squawk? We don't know what's going on.
2. U.S. (See quot.)
1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 269 Nyctiardea, Night Heron. Qua-bird. Squawk.
Add:3. An identification signal given out by an aircraft: see sense *3 of the vb. slang (orig. U.S.).
1975Aviation Week 12 May 55/1 There was no reply from, or further contact with, N6876P and the squawk of N6876P disappeared from the radarscope. 1982J. Gardner For Special Services i. 12 Ninety-five seconds after the first ‘squawk’, the three red zeros disappeared from the screen. 1987Pilot Apr. 11/2 We were given a squawk and identified and told to expect radar vectors to Runway 03R. 1987Independent 30 May 3/6 Equipment cannot automatically decode an airliner's identity signal—or ‘squawk’—into its call sign and height.
▪ II. squawk, v.|skwɔːk|
Also squauk.
[Imitative. Cf. squark v.]
1. a. intr. To call or cry with a loud harsh note; to squall or screech hoarsely.
1821[implied in squawking ppl. a.]. 1847Halliwell, Squawk, to squeak. 1879C. M. Yonge Magnum Bonum I. 120 A stately black Spaniard [fowl]..squauking and curtseying. 1881Rae White Sea Peninsula v. 56 Clouds of gulls were hovering about,..all hungry, some squawking hoarsely.
b. Of things: To give out a discordant sound; to creak or squeak harshly.
1859Mrs. Stowe Min. Wooing xxix. 275 That bedroom door squawks like a cat. 1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. iv. 29 A disreputable accordion, that had a leak somewhere and breathed louder than it squawked.
c. U.S. slang. To turn informer, to ‘squeal’.
1872G. P. Burnham Memoirs U.S. Secret Service p. vii, Play baby, to whine; ‘squawk’; or assume innocence. 1929W. R. Burnett Little Caesar vi. v. 251 You know..Joe squawked. 1935Amer. Speech X. 12/2 Belch, to confess or carry information to the police. Modern to squawk. 1937Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Dec. 974/4 The thief who ‘squawks’ is expelled as professionally infamous; his occupation's gone.
d. U.S. slang. To complain, protest.
1875J. G. Holland Sevenoaks xvii. 239 He mustn't squawk an' try to git another feller to help 'im out of 'is bargain. 1926J. Black You can't Win iv. 41 Usually the sucker is a married man and can't squawk. But when he does squawk..the only thing to do is to blow back his money. 1939Time 23 Jan. 30/2 Since most Hummert ghosts are glad to add caviar to bread-&-butter from other jobs, they have seldom squawked. 1948Sun (Baltimore) 7 Jan. 13/1 When you pass a law and hire somebody to enforce it, you can't squawk if your kids get pinched for violating it. 1951E. Paul Springtime in Paris vi. 121 The contractor had been getting away with plenty..and would not dare squawk, no matter how high a bill was presented. 1976M. Machlin Pipeline xxvii. 319 If the EPA ever finds out and squawks, they'll just fight it out in the courts.
2. trans. With out: To utter with or as with a squawk.
1856Mrs. Witcher Widow Bedott Papers 208 (Bartlett), The way she squawked it out was a caution to old gates on a windy day.
Add:3. trans. Of an aircraft, etc.: to transmit or emit (an identification signal), enabling the plane's position to be plotted on a radar screen. Cf. squawk box n. b. slang (orig. U.S.).
1956W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 485/1 Squawk,..of an airborne IFF set: to emit a signal. Slang. 1963Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 120 Squawk,..to transmit signals by using a parrot. ‘Roger, we are now squawking mode 3, code 30 on our parrot.’ 1967R. J. Serling President's Plane is Missing iii. 55 ‘Washington Center, Air Force One Squawk ident.’ ‘Roger, identing.’ 1982J. Gardner For Special Services i. 11 His eyes remained on the huge radarscope... The indicator numbers 12—‘squawked’ by the Boeing's transponder—flicked off and changed. 1988Pilots Internat. Nov. 39/1 Usual transmission is 4321, until requested to squawk a particular code. |