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单词 squawking
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squawkingadj.

Etymology: < squawk v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquawking.
That squawks, or utters hoarse squeaks; characterized by squawks or squawking.
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squawking1821
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 90 Cow-boy's whoops, and squawking brawls, To urge the straggling heifers back.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Squawking-thrush, the missel-thrush. I. Wight.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 208 The watch, up to their waists in water, splashed about collecting the squawking chickens.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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