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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kat-er-wawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæt ərˌwɔl |
Definition of caterwauled
Origin :- late 14c., caterwrawen, perhaps from Low German katerwaulen "cry like a cat," or formed in English from cater, from Middle Dutch cater "tomcat" + Middle English waul "to yowl," apparently from Old English *wrag, *wrah "angry," of uncertain origin but all somehow imitative. Related: Caterwauled; caterwauling.
- verb make screeching, crying noise
- When they met in the middle, they spat and caterwauled and argued spitefully.
- Extract from : « Simon the Jester » by William J. Locke
- Here the cats yelled and caterwauled and told all their trials and sorrows caused by mankind.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Miranda Eliot Swan
- I was perfectly reckless, and caterwauled with them, joining their midnight revels with all my heart.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Miranda Eliot Swan
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