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verb-intransitive. To utter a harsh scream; screech.

verb-intransitive. Informal To complain or protest noisily or peevishly.

v. To utter with or as if with a squawk.

n. A loud screech.

n. A noisy complaint.

n. A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.

n. A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.

n. An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.

n. The American night heron.

v. To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.

v. To speak out; to protest.

v. To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.

v. To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)

verb-intransitive. To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.

n. Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.

n. The American night heron. See under Night.

To cry with a loud harsh voice; make a loud outcry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.

n. A loud, harsh squeak or squall.

n. The American night-heron: same as quawk.

v. utter a harsh abrupt scream

n. informal terms for objecting

v. complain

n. the noise of squawking

"The singing was bad enough - she sounded like an angry wasp trapped in a shoebox, butchering melodies with the ghoulish efficiency of Jeffrey Dahmer – but even though she no longer bursts into song, her incessant piercing squawk is still enough to make me want to slice my ears off and hurl them into another dimension."

squawked    squawking    squawks   

call    scream    yell    holler    hollo    squall    shout out    cry    shout    objection   

night   

squawked    squawking   

scream    cry   

Maroc    Salk    Sauk    balk    calk    caulk    chalk    crosstalk    falk    gawk