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Webster 1913 Edition
Caterwaul
Cat′er-waul
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Caterwauled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Caterwauling
.] [
Cat
+ waul
, wawl
, to cry as a cat.] To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
Coleridge.
Cat′er-waul
,Noun.
A caterwauling.
Webster 1828 Edition
Caterwaul
CATERWAUL
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
caterwaul
caterwaul
English
Verb
caterwaul (third-person singular simple present caterwauls, present participle caterwauling, simple past and past participle caterwauled)
- (intransitive) To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
- (intransitive) To have a noisy argument, like cats.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:argument
Translations
to cry as cats
to have a noisy argument
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Related terms
Noun
caterwaul (plural caterwauls)
- A yowling.
- A noisy quarrel.
References
- caterwaul in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913