CATERWAUL


Meaning of CATERWAUL in English

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

Caterwaul is also a noun.

...blood-curdling caterwauls.

N-COUNT

• cat‧er‧waul‧ing

...high-pitched moaning and caterwauling.

= wailing

N-UNCOUNT

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