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    [Verb]  | "cat*er*waul" | \ ˈka-tər-ˌwȯl \


    1: to make a harsh cry

    2: to protest or complain noisily


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English caterwawen;

    [Adjective]  | "caterwauling" 


    1: engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest;


      * e.g., " ... caterwauling fans vented on the talk radio show when news of the trade of the team's star player came to light "



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    [Verb]  | "caterwauling" 


    1: to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely;


      * e.g., " ... like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do "





    [Verb]  | "caterwaul" 


    1: to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely;


      * e.g., " ... like many kids during summer vacation, they were caterwauling about the lack of things to do "





     [ "caterwauling" ]

    1: The noise that a female singer makes when on stage.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: "What's that horrible sound I hear?" 

     [ "Caterwaul" ]

    1: To make a harsh cry, like a loud, shrill scream.

      * e.g.,  ... "Have you ever stopped to wonder / Why they forced my voice / To turn from silence to a caterwaul?" 

     [ "caterwauler" ]

    1: that one guy who comments on the fancifulness of your new living room furniture, and it's view from across the street. he enjoys tap ramen, and meows throughout the night.. in harmony with the scene aesthetics "red rover,"

      * e.g.,  ... man, this caterwauler kept me up all night after staring at my couch, pretending to be my cat and asking to play red rover. 

     [ "Caterwauling" ]

    1: Women who dress like sluts, go out to the bar or club to find someone to have meaning less sex with.

      * e.g.,  ... 'Look at that slut over there, she looks like she should be standing on a street corner!' 'Yeah, shes probably Caterwauling.' 

     [ "Caterwaul" ]

    1: Is not a word.

      * e.g.,  ... Irregardless of what Google says, caterwaul is not a word. 

     [ "Caterwauling" ]

    1: Caterwauling is the act of having a meltdown or a temper tantrum, mainly by way of crying, screeching, blubbering, frenzied hysterics, screaming, complaining, mewling, fulminating, whimpering, whining, whinging, shrieking, having paroxysms of rage, having a conniption fit or otherwise making a public nuisance of oneself. The goal is to receive as much attention as possible, by behaving in the most irritating, noisome and noxious way imaginable.

      * e.g.,  ... "This child's relentless caterwauling is going to give me a migraine, or cause me to go quite mad". 

     [ "caterwaul" ]

    1: Allowing More than a shrill, less than a shreek. All is well as you read this and we didn't even speak. Miscellaneous words put together to liquate.

      * e.g.,  ... One of caterwaul must never run down his pedigree to find his true angle of origin 

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