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SQUAWK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for objecting

Example:

I have a gripe about the service here

Synonyms:

beef; bitch; gripe; kick; squawk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("squawk" is a kind of...):

objection (the speech act of objecting)

Derivation:

squawk (complain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The noise of squawking

Example:

the squawk of car horns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("squawk" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

squawk (utter a harsh abrupt scream)

squawky (like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Complain

Example:

What was he hollering about?

Synonyms:

beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "squawk" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

squawk (informal terms for objecting)

squawker (a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter a harsh abrupt scream

Synonyms:

screak; screech; skreak; skreigh; squawk

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "squawk" is one way to...):

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

squawk (the noise of squawking)

squawker (a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining)

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