Caterwaul

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To cry or screech like a cat in heat.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a shrill, discordant sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a noisy argument.
  • n. A shrill, discordant sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
  • v. To have a noisy argument, like cats.
  • n. A yowling.
  • n. A noisy quarrel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
  • n. A caterwauling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cry as cats under the influence of the sexual instinct; make a disagreeable howling or screeching.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. utter shrieks, as of cats
  • n. the yowling sound made by a cat in heat
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    shrill    shriek    pipe up    pipe    cry   
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