Word Study
catering |
caterpillar |
caterpillar track |
caterpillar tread |
caterpillar-tracked |
caterwaul
| caterwauling
| catery
| cates
| catfall
| catfish
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
caterwaul
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caterwaul has 1 sense
- caterwaul(n = noun.event) Array - the yowling sound made by a cat in heat; Array is a kind of cry
Derived form verb caterwaul1
Verb caterwaul has 1 sense
- caterwaul(v = verb.communication) yowl - utter shrieks, as of cats; Array is one way to pipe, pipe up, shriek, shrill
Derived form noun caterwaul1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
caterwaul, v. i. [Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a cat.].
To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
caterwaul, n.
A caterwauling. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caterwaul, v. & n.
--v.intr. make the shrill howl of a cat.
--n. a caterwauling noise.
--v.intr. make the shrill howl of a cat.
--n. a caterwauling noise.
Etymology
ME f. CAT + -waul etc. imit.
THESAURUS
caterwaul
bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, bicker, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray, call, cheer, creak, cry, fall out, give tongue, give voice, hail, halloo, holler, hollo, hoot, howl, hurrah, keen, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, pipe, pule, rallying cry, roar, row, scrap, screak, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, skirl, skreigh, spat, squabble, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, tiff, troat, ululate, ululation, wail, war cry, war whoop, whicker, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, wrangle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yip, yo-ho, yowlROGET THESAURUS
caterwaul
Ululation
VB cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow, growl, snarl, bark, bow-wow, yelp, bay, bay at the moon, yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl, grunt, gruntle, snort, squeak neigh, whinny, bray, mew, mewl, meow, purr, caterwaul, pule, baa, bleat, low, moo, troat, croak, peep, coo, gobble, quack, honk, gaggle, guggle, crow, caw, squawk, screech cackle, cluck, clack, chuck, chuckle, hoot, hoo, chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle, hum, buzz, hiss, blatter, ratatat.
For further exploring for "caterwaul" in Webster Dictionary Online