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Caterwaul   Listen
verb
Caterwaul  v. i.  (past & past part. caterwauled; pres. part. caterwauling)  To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Caterwaul" Quotes from Famous Books



... that shook the flooring and must have been heard in the farthest corners of the house, the bedchamber door was slammed behind their backs. But beyond it the screaming went on in volume imperceptibly muffled by its barrier, one ear-splitting caterwaul following another with such continuity that the wonder was where Lady Randolph West found breath to keep up that atrocious row, and whether any dozen women of average lung-power could ...
— Red Masquerade • Louis Joseph Vance



Words linked to "Caterwaul" :   yowl, shriek, shrill, cry, pipe up, pipe



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