transcription, транскрипция: [ kætə(r)wɔ:l ]
( caterwauls, caterwauling, caterwauled)
If a person or animal caterwauls , they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
...shrieking and caterwauling in mock distress.
= wail
VERB : V
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Caterwaul is also a noun.
...blood-curdling caterwauls.
N-COUNT
• cat‧er‧waul‧ing
...high-pitched moaning and caterwauling.
= wailing
N-UNCOUNT