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squawksquawk /skwɔːk $ skwɒːk/ verb [intransitive, transitive] squawkOrigin: 1800-1900 From the sound VERB TABLEsquawk |
Present | I, you, we, they | squawk | | he, she, it | squawks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | squawked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have squawked | | he, she, it | has squawked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had squawked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will squawk | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have squawked |
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Present | I | am squawking | | he, she, it | is squawking | | you, we, they | are squawking | Past | I, he, she, it | was squawking | | you, we, they | were squawking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been squawking | | he, she, it | has been squawking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been squawking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be squawking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been squawking |
- The parakeet began to squawk when I walked in.
- Birds squawked and exploded out of the crops.
- I'd just squawked the new transponder code when I saw a helicopter ahead at two o'clock.
- Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.
- Our laughter caused birds roosting in the garden to squawk and take flight.
- Outside, single shouts sounded - a threatening growl from several voices together - hens squawking.
- Pause at a rest stop and huge black birds crack the air with their squawking.
- The harsh, squawking voices of the gulls echoed between the channel walls.
- They squawked that Jack was robbing them again, taking away their chance to make a big tourist dollar.
► a bird squawks (=makes a loud unpleasant sound)· The bird in the cage started squawking. 1if a bird squawks, it makes a loud sharp angry sound2informal to complain loudly and angrily—squawk noun [countable] |