Synonyms of the word caterwaul


CATERWAULCRY - PIPE - SHRIEK - SHRILL - YOWL

caterwaul

  • v. (intransitive) To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a noisy argument, like cats.
  • n. A yowling.
  • n. A noisy quarrel.

cry

  • v. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
  • v. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
  • v. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
  • v. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found,…
  • v. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
  • n. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
  • n. A shout or scream.
  • n. Words shouted or screamed.
  • n. (collectively) A group of hounds.
  • n. (obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
  • n. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
  • n. A desperate or urgent request.
  • n. (obsolete) Common report; gossip.

pipe

  • n. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
  • n. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
  • n. Meanings relating to a container.
  • n. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
  • n. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
  • n. Meanings relating to computing.
  • v. (intransitive) To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
  • v. (intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
  • v. (intransitive) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
  • v. (intransitive, metallurgy) Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
  • v. (transitive) To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
  • v. (transitive) To install or configure with pipes.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
  • v. (transitive) To decorate with piping.
  • v. (transitive) To dab away moisture from.
  • v. (transitive, computing, chiefly Unix) To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another…
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To signal or order by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
  • v. (transitive, slang, dated) To see.

shriek

  • n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain,…
  • n. (Britain) (slang) An exclamation mark.
  • v. To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright,…
  • v. To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

shrill

  • adj. High-pitched and piercing.
  • adj. Sharp or keen to the senses.
  • adj. Having a shrill voice.
  • v. To make a shrill noise.
  • n. A shrill sound.

yowl

  • n. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
  • v. (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
  • v. (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

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