English-Thai Dictionary

caterwaul

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CATERWAUL

v.i.To cry or wall, as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh offensive noise.

 

CATERWAULING

n.The cry of cats; a harsh disagreeable noise or cry.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CATERWAUL

Cat "er *waul, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caterwauled; p. pr. & vb. n.Caterwauling. ] Etym: [Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a cat. ]

 

Defn: To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge.

 

CATERWAUL

CATERWAUL Cat "er *waul, n.

 

Defn: A caterwauling.

 

CATERWAULING

CATERWAULING Cat "er *waul `ing, n.

 

Defn: The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

caterwaul

cat er waul |ˈkatərˌwôl ˈkædərˌwɔl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun caterwauling ) (of a cat ) make a shrill howling or wailing noise: the caterwauling of a pair of bobcats | (as adj. caterwauling ) figurative : a caterwauling guitar. ▶noun a shrill howling or wailing noise. ORIGIN late Middle English: from cat 1 + imitative waul .

 

Oxford Dictionary

caterwaul

caterwaul |ˈkatəwɔːl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (often as noun caterwauling ) (of a cat ) make a shrill howling or wailing noise. ▶noun a shrill howling or wailing noise. ORIGIN late Middle English: from cat 1 + imitative waul .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

caterwaul

caterwaul verb we could hear those felines caterwauling all night: howl, wail, bawl, cry, yell, scream, screech, yowl, ululate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

caterwaul

caterwaul verb howl, wail, bawl, cry, yell, scream, screech, yelp, yowl, squall, whine; miaow; rare ululate.

 

caterwauling

caterwauling noun the caterwauling of an aggressive cat: howl, howling, wail, wailing, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming, bawl, bawling, cry, crying, yell, yelling, yelp, yelping, yowl, yowling, squall, squalling, whine, whining, ululating; miaowing, miaow.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

caterwaul

cat er waul /kǽtə r wɔ̀ːl /動詞 自動詞 1 〈人 動物が 〉 (ネコのように大きな声で )わめく ; けんかをする .2 〈主に発情期のネコが 〉 (かん高く )ギャーギャー鳴く .名詞 C (ネコの )ギャーギャー鳴く声 ; (人 動物の )わめき [騒ぎ ]声 .

 

caterwauling

c á t er w à ul ing 名詞 U 1 (発情期のネコの )ギャーギャー鳴く声 (caterwaul ); それに類似した声 [音 ].2 ｟比喩的に ｠〖形容詞的に 〗〈音 声などが 〉かん高く不愉快な .