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Definition of Squawky
1. Adjective. Like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg.
Definition of Squawky
1. Adjective. (context: of a sound) Resembling a squawk; raw and grating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squawky
1. shrill and grating [adj SQUAWKIER, SQUAWKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squawky
Literary usage of Squawky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventures with Indians by Philip Verrill Mighels (1908)
"Even after that, however, squawky did not fail to come and sit, while Bill studied,
and listen, as if some good might come to him in the sounds he did not ..."
2. A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genessee by James Everett Seaver (1918)
"From his sister's, he went to his own house, where he stayed only two nights,
and then went to squawky Hill to procure money, with which to purchase flour ..."
3. Life of Mary Jemison: Deh-he-wä-mis by James Everett Seaver (1856)
"Guilty and uneasy, they lurked about squawky Hill near a fortnight, and then went
to Cattaraugus, and were gone six weeks. When they came back, ..."
4. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"Here, Jinn, take up the cheel, don't let'n bide and squawky like that is. A cat
is said to squawky at night. SQUEAKER [skweek'ur], sb. ..."
5. The Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genesee by James E. Seaver (2001)
"Guilty and uneasy, they lurked about squawky Hill near a fortnight, and then went
to Cattaraugus, and were gone six weeks. When they came back, ..."
6. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1907)
"And she would fuss and fuss and spread her flouncy little frock out and cover
them up as if they || had been little golden rooks instead of squawky little ..."
7. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1846)
"... extending one mile along the river, to be laid off in such manner as to include
the village; one other tract of two square miles, at squawky Hill, ..."
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