verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bird squawks (= makes a loud unpleasant sound )
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The bird in the cage started squawking.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The parakeet began to squawk when I walked in.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Birds squawked and exploded out of the crops.
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I'd just squawked the new transponder code when I saw a helicopter ahead at two o'clock.
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Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.
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Our laughter caused birds roosting in the garden to squawk and take flight.
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Outside, single shouts sounded - a threatening growl from several voices together - hens squawking.
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Pause at a rest stop and huge black birds crack the air with their squawking.
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The harsh, squawking voices of the gulls echoed between the channel walls.
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They squawked that Jack was robbing them again, taking away their chance to make a big tourist dollar.