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Definition of Squalling
1. Adjective. Characterized by short periods of noisy commotion. "A home life that has been extraordinarily squally"
Definition of Squalling
1. Verb. (present participle of squall) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squalling
1. squall [v] - See also: squall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squalling
Literary usage of Squalling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Robert Burns and Mrs. Dunlop: Correspondence Now Published in Full for the by Robert Burns (1898)
"... little Godson.2 He is a fine squalling fellow, with a pipe that makes the room
ring. His Mother as usual. ..."
2. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1855)
"... Milk Fair," •with its lowing cows and squalling children, is held to this day
... squalling ..."
3. Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean by Lee Meriwether (1892)
"... a squalling Baby, and a Frightened Family — Miss Detroit invites us to the
Theatre — A Visit to Portugal's Dead Royalty — Ghastly Appearance of the ..."
4. A Playwright's Adventures by Frederick Reynolds (1831)
"... no pheasants or partridges, not one; and instead of a dead sucking pig, he
beheld an all alive, squalling baby, displaying a label on which was written, ..."
5. A Playwright's Adventures by Frederick Reynolds (1831)
"... pheasants or partridges, not one; and instead of a dead sucking pig, he beheld
an all alive- squalling baby, displaying a label on which was written, . ..."
6. Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean by Lee Meriwether (1892)
"CHAPTER III A Gloomy Dungeon—Living Men in Coffins and Shrouds — Perpetual
Isolation — How a Nunnery was transformed — A Fat Judge, a squalling Baby, ..."
7. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"SQUABBLE, tv A noisy, clamorous, squalling, strife or contention ... A squall
seems to be a cry at full stretch ; and squalling in Fuller (" Going out ..."
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