Meaning of SQUAWK
| Pronunciation: | | skwok
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- [n] informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"
- [n] the noise of squawking; "the squawk of car horns"
- [v] complain; "What was he hollering about?"
- [v] utter a harsh abrupt scream
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| | Synonyms: | | beef, beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, gripe, grouse, holler, kick, screak, screech, skreak, skreigh |
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| | See Also: | | call, complain, cry, hollo, kick, kvetch, noise, objection, plain, quetch, scream, shout, shout out, sound off, squall, yell | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Squawk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squawked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Squawking}.] [See {Squeak}.]
To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.
{Squawking thrush} (Zo["o]l.), the missel turush; -- so
called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]
\Squawk\, n.
1. Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The American night heron. See under {Night}.
{Squawk duck} (Zo["o]l.), the bimaculate duck ({Anas
glocitans}). It has patches of reddish brown behind, and
in front of, each eye. [Prov. Eng.]
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