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Definition of Caterwauling
1. n. The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats.
Definition of Caterwauling
1. Verb. (present participle of caterwaul) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caterwauling
1. caterwaul [v] - See also: caterwaul
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caterwauling
Literary usage of Caterwauling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"REPARTEES BETWEEN CAT AND PUSS, AT A caterwauling. IN THE MODERN HEROIC WAY1.
IT was about the middle age of night, When half the earth stood in the other's ..."
2. Adventures Afloat and Ashore by Parker Gillmore (1873)
"... CAT OF THE PAMPAS—A NIGHT OF caterwauling—END OF A NOVEL SPECULATION. VOL.
II. ... caterwauling ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical edited by Samuel Johnson (1779)
"... BETWEEN CAT AND PUSS AT A caterwauling. In the modern Heroic way. IT was about
the middle age of night, When half the earth flood in the other's light, ..."
4. The Bookman (1897)
"Foremost is the phrase " the neurotic caterwauling of an hysterical woman," on
... We every one of us know the so-called caterwauling of both men and women, ..."
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