caterwaulverb [ I ]
uk/ˈkæt.ə.wɔːl/us/ˈkæt̬.ɚ.wɑːl/(of a person or animal) to make a high unpleasant noise like a cat
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- birdsong
- caw
- cluck
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squee
- whimper
- whine
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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caterwauling
noun [ U ] uk/ˈkæt.ə.wɔː.lɪŋ//ˈkæt̬.ɚ.wɑː.lɪŋ/
I heard some dreadful caterwauling - was that you singing?
Examples from literature
- When they met in the middle, they spat and caterwauled and argued spitefully.
Examples from literature
- When they met in the middle, they spat and caterwauled and argued spitefully.
caterwaulnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæt.ə.wɔːl/us/ˈkæt̬.ɚ.wɑːl/a high unpleasant noise like one made by a cat