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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



... half the time whether they are looking straight at you or not, their shiny shaved heads and pig-tails, are all very queer. And when you first hear them talking together in their own tongue, you think it must be cats trying to learn English; it is a mixture of caterwaul and parrot, more disagreeable in sound than any language ...
— The Hunter Cats of Connorloa • Helen Jackson



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



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