catcalln.

Brit.

/ˈkatkɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈkætˌkɔl/,

/ˈkætˌkɑl/

Forms: Also 1700s catcal.

Etymology: < the nocturnal cry or ‘waul’ of the cat.

1. A squeaking instrument, or kind of whistle, used esp. in play-houses to express impatience or disapprobation. (See Spectator No. 361.)

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations > instrument for

catcall1660

cat-pipe1692

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle > sound of catcall > instrument

catcall1660

cat-pipe1692

1660 S. Pepys Diary 7 Mar. (1970) I. 80 I..called on Adam Chard and bought a Catt-call there; it cost me two groats.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 361. ¶2 I was very much surprised with the great Consort of Cat-calls..to see so many Persons of Quality of both Sexes assembled together at a kind of Catter-wawling.

1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. i. i. 2 I heard a Tailor sitting by my side, Play on his Catcal, and cry out, sad Stuff.

1753 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 61 A shrill toned Catcall, very proper to be used at the next new Tragedy.

1865 London Rev. 30 Dec. 687/1 That vilest of all the inventions of Jubal, the catcall.

2. The sound made by this instrument or an imitation with the voice; a shrill screaming whistle.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations

hootinga1225

hissingc1384

fie?1550

acclamation1602

hiss1602

hoot1612

catcall1749

catcallingc1781

scraping1785

sibilation1822

the big bird1825

boo hoo1825

booing1830

Kentish fire1834

boo-hooing1865

boo1884

slow handclap1904

tutting1929

slow handclapping1932

slow clap1937

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle > sound of catcall

catcall1749

catcallingc1781

1749 S. Johnson Irene Prol. Shou'd partial Cat-calls all his Hopes confound; He bids no Trumpet quell the fatal Sound.

a1764 R. Lloyd Author's Apol. in Wks. (1774) I. 1 Powerful cat~call from the pit.

1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. vii. 144 Shrill catcalls in the gallery, had begun to contend with the music in the orchestra.

1881 Daily Tel. 27 Dec. In the face of catcalls and other occasional demonstrations from the ‘gods’.

3. One who uses the instrument.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > one who disapproves > by sound or exclamation

hisserc1440

mewer1611

catcall1714

booer1904

1714 E. Budgell Spectator No. 602. ⁋3 A notorious Rake that headed a Party of Cat-calls.

Draft additions December 2006

Originally U.S. A whistle, cry, or suggestive comment intended to express sexual attraction or admiration (but usually regarded as an annoyance), typically made by a man to a female passer-by. Cf. wolf-whistle n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > whistling > expressing sexual admiration of woman

wolf-whistle1944

wolf call1948

catcall1956

wolf-whistling1958

1956 Charleroi (Pa.) Mail 4 Apr. 7/1 The catcalls and approving whistles brought her back to the present and she stood in the center aisle and gave them a gay smile.

1982 Chicago Sun-Times 25 Nov. 7/1 Karen Downs, an attractive woman who was sick of the catcalls she received every time she set foot outside her house.

1993 R. Shilts Conduct Unbecoming iv. xxxiii. 317 Women recruits found themselves the object of catcalls when they walked by the mens's barracks... ‘Hey babe, you want to get lucky?’ the male Marines called.

2001 R. Peffer Virgin Islands (Lonely Planet) 46/1 Women find themselves most vulnerable to harassment when they're working out. If you are jogging..along public thoroughfares, you must prepare yourself to get whistles, catcalls, clapping and the like from local men.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

catcallv.

Brit.

/ˈkatkɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈkætˌkɔl/,

/ˈkætˌkɑl/

Etymology: < catcall n.

1. intransitive. To sound a catcall, esp. at a theatre or similar place of amusement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > express disapproval by sound or exclamation

hoota1225

hissa1425

hem and hawk1588

catcall1735

cluck1821

tut1832

fie-fie1836

boo1855

harrumph1936

tsk-tsk1966

steups1967

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > whistle > sound whistle or catcall

whistle1530

catcall1735

1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant Prol. sig. Aiv 'Tis not the Poet's Wit affords the Jest, But who can Cat-call, Hiss, or Whistle best?

1762 Canning in Poet. Register (1807) 455 Let them cat~call and hiss as they will.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 5 Some catcalled, and some roared ‘go on’.

2. transitive. To receive or assail with catcalls.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation

hootc1175

to clap out1550

explose?c1550

explode1563

hiss1598

exsibilate1601

to hum up, down1642

out-hiss1647

chuckle1681

catcall1700

scrape1773

groan1799

to get the (big) bird1825

boo1833

fie-fie1836

goose1838

sibilate1864

cluck1916

bird1927

slow handclap1949

tsk-tsk1966

tut1972

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > shrill [verb (transitive)] > whistle > catcall

catcall1700

1700 J. Dryden in J. Fletcher & J. Vanbrugh Pilgrim (rev. ed.) Prol. sig. A2^v His Cant, like Merry Andrew's Noble Vein, Cat-Call's the Sects, to draw 'em in again.

1843 T. B. Macaulay Madame D'Arblay in Eclectic Mag. Apr. 457/2 Better to be hissed and catcalled by her Daddy than by a whole sea of heads in the pit of Drury Lane Theatre.

Derivatives

ˈcatcalling n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > by making a sound

catcallingc1781

booing1805

tutting1929

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations

hootinga1225

hissingc1384

fie?1550

acclamation1602

hiss1602

hoot1612

catcall1749

catcallingc1781

scraping1785

sibilation1822

the big bird1825

boo hoo1825

booing1830

Kentish fire1834

boo-hooing1865

boo1884

slow handclap1904

tutting1929

slow handclapping1932

slow clap1937

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle > sound of catcall

catcall1749

catcallingc1781

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > whistling (of sound) > catcalling

catcallingc1781

c1781 F. Burney in T. B. Macaulay Ess. (1887) 748 That hissing, groaning, catcalling epistle.

1864 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. The gods indulged in their usual habit of whistling and cat~calling.

1881 W. P. Lennox Plays, Players, & Playhouses I. 77 A sound of hissing and cat-calling was now heard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	catcall
释义	catcalln. Brit. /ˈkatkɔːl/, U.S. /ˈkætˌkɔl/, /ˈkætˌkɑl/ Forms: Also 1700s catcal. Etymology: < the nocturnal cry or ‘waul’ of the cat. 1. A squeaking instrument, or kind of whistle, used esp. in play-houses to express impatience or disapprobation. (See Spectator No. 361.) ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations > instrument for catcall1660 cat-pipe1692 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle > sound of catcall > instrument catcall1660 cat-pipe1692 1660 S. Pepys Diary 7 Mar. (1970) I. 80 I..called on Adam Chard and bought a Catt-call there; it cost me two groats. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 361. ¶2 I was very much surprised with the great Consort of Cat-calls..to see so many Persons of Quality of both Sexes assembled together at a kind of Catter-wawling. 1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. i. i. 2 I heard a Tailor sitting by my side, Play on his Catcal, and cry out, sad Stuff. 1753 Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 61 A shrill toned Catcall, very proper to be used at the next new Tragedy. 1865 London Rev. 30 Dec. 687/1 That vilest of all the inventions of Jubal, the catcall. 2. The sound made by this instrument or an imitation with the voice; a shrill screaming whistle. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations hootinga1225 hissingc1384 fie?1550 acclamation1602 hiss1602 hoot1612 catcall1749 catcallingc1781 scraping1785 sibilation1822 the big bird1825 boo hoo1825 booing1830 Kentish fire1834 boo-hooing1865 boo1884 slow handclap1904 tutting1929 slow handclapping1932 slow clap1937 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle > sound of catcall catcall1749 catcallingc1781 1749 S. Johnson Irene Prol. Shou'd partial Cat-calls all his Hopes confound; He bids no Trumpet quell the fatal Sound. a1764 R. Lloyd Author's Apol. in Wks. (1774) I. 1 Powerful cat~call from the pit. 1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. vii. 144 Shrill catcalls in the gallery, had begun to contend with the music in the orchestra. 1881 Daily Tel. 27 Dec. In the face of catcalls and other occasional demonstrations from the ‘gods’. 3. One who uses the instrument. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > one who disapproves > by sound or exclamation hisserc1440 mewer1611 catcall1714 booer1904 1714 E. Budgell Spectator No. 602. ⁋3 A notorious Rake that headed a Party of Cat-calls. Draft additions December 2006 Originally U.S. A whistle, cry, or suggestive comment intended to express sexual attraction or admiration (but usually regarded as an annoyance), typically made by a man to a female passer-by. Cf. wolf-whistle n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > whistling > expressing sexual admiration of woman wolf-whistle1944 wolf call1948 catcall1956 wolf-whistling1958 1956 Charleroi (Pa.) Mail 4 Apr. 7/1 The catcalls and approving whistles brought her back to the present and she stood in the center aisle and gave them a gay smile. 1982 Chicago Sun-Times 25 Nov. 7/1 Karen Downs, an attractive woman who was sick of the catcalls she received every time she set foot outside her house. 1993 R. Shilts Conduct Unbecoming iv. xxxiii. 317 Women recruits found themselves the object of catcalls when they walked by the mens's barracks... ‘Hey babe, you want to get lucky?’ the male Marines called. 2001 R. Peffer Virgin Islands (Lonely Planet) 46/1 Women find themselves most vulnerable to harassment when they're working out. If you are jogging..along public thoroughfares, you must prepare yourself to get whistles, catcalls, clapping and the like from local men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). catcallv. Brit. /ˈkatkɔːl/, U.S. /ˈkætˌkɔl/, /ˈkætˌkɑl/ Etymology: < catcall n. 1. intransitive. To sound a catcall, esp. at a theatre or similar place of amusement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > express disapproval by sound or exclamation hoota1225 hissa1425 hem and hawk1588 catcall1735 cluck1821 tut1832 fie-fie1836 boo1855 harrumph1936 tsk-tsk1966 steups1967 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > whistle > sound whistle or catcall whistle1530 catcall1735 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant Prol. sig. Aiv 'Tis not the Poet's Wit affords the Jest, But who can Cat-call, Hiss, or Whistle best? 1762 Canning in Poet. Register (1807) 455 Let them cat~call and hiss as they will. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 5 Some catcalled, and some roared ‘go on’. 2. transitive. To receive or assail with catcalls. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation hootc1175 to clap out1550 explose?c1550 explode1563 hiss1598 exsibilate1601 to hum up, down1642 out-hiss1647 chuckle1681 catcall1700 scrape1773 groan1799 to get the (big) bird1825 boo1833 fie-fie1836 goose1838 sibilate1864 cluck1916 bird1927 slow handclap1949 tsk-tsk1966 tut1972 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > shrill [verb (transitive)] > whistle > catcall catcall1700 1700 J. Dryden in J. Fletcher & J. Vanbrugh Pilgrim (rev. ed.) Prol. sig. A2^v His Cant, like Merry Andrew's Noble Vein, Cat-Call's the Sects, to draw 'em in again. 1843 T. B. Macaulay Madame D'Arblay in Eclectic Mag. Apr. 457/2 Better to be hissed and catcalled by her Daddy than by a whole sea of heads in the pit of Drury Lane Theatre. Derivatives ˈcatcalling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > by making a sound catcallingc1781 booing1805 tutting1929 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations hootinga1225 hissingc1384 fie?1550 acclamation1602 hiss1602 hoot1612 catcall1749 catcallingc1781 scraping1785 sibilation1822 the big bird1825 boo hoo1825 booing1830 Kentish fire1834 boo-hooing1865 boo1884 slow handclap1904 tutting1929 slow handclapping1932 slow clap1937 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle > sound of catcall catcall1749 catcallingc1781 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > whistling (of sound) > catcalling catcallingc1781 c1781 F. Burney in T. B. Macaulay Ess. (1887) 748 That hissing, groaning, catcalling epistle. 1864 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. The gods indulged in their usual habit of whistling and cat~calling. 1881 W. P. Lennox Plays, Players, & Playhouses I. 77 A sound of hissing and cat-calling was now heard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1660v.1700
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