(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If a person or animal ~s, they make a loud, high, unpleasant noise like the noise that cats make when they fight.
...shrieking and ~ing in mock distress.
= wail
VERB: V
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Caterwaul is also a noun.
...blood-curdling ~s.
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~ing
...high-pitched moaning and ~ing.
= wailing
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