squawkn.
/skwɔːk/, U.S. /skwɔk/, /skwɑk/ 1.
a. A loud grating call or cry; a hoarse squall.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > squawk
squawk1850
crawk1915
1850 R. S. Hawker in C. E. Byles Life & Lett. R. S. Hawker (1905) xiii. 212 There is..the Squawk of the demon on every platform.
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash II. 337 At sight of this lowering figure Hannah uttered a squawk, and fled with cheeks red as fire.
1889 W. C. Russell Marooned III. iv. 134 The harsh squawk of the macaw, or some such fowl, came like the edge of a saw out of the..forest.
b. figurative. A complaint, a protest, esp. in to set (or put) up a squawk. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint
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1909 C. B. Chrysler White Slavery ix. 70 ‘Snatchin' simps’ is good enough for Little Willie, there is no ‘fall’, no squawk, all you have to do is to stall.
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 79 Squawk,..a protest; a vociferous demonstration, as an indignant repudiation of an injustice... ‘If you don't put up a squawk they'll trim you.’
1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven ix. 126 They was just told to shut down and shut down they did..there wasn't a squawk out of none of them.
1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline ii. 25 Our starry-eyed bleeding-hearts and permissives at home set up a squawk.
1976 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Murder out of Comm. xvi. 147 How in God's name can we set up a squawk? We don't know what's going on.
2. U.S. (See quot. 1872.)
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > genus Nycticorax (night-heron)
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Quaker1776
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quawk1844
nankeen crane1872
squawk1872
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 269 Nyctiardea. Night Heron. Qua-bird. Squawk.
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3. An identification signal given out by an aircraft: see squawk v. Additions 3. slang (originally U.S.).
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > identification signal given out by aircraft
squawk1975
1975 Aviation Week 12 May 55/1 There was no reply from, or further contact with, N6876P and the squawk of N6876P disappeared from the radarscope.
1982 J. Gardner For Special Services i. 12 Ninety-five seconds after the first ‘squawk’, the three red zeros disappeared from the screen.
1987 Pilot Apr. 11/2 We were given a squawk and identified and told to expect radar vectors to Runway 03R.
1987 Independent 30 May 3/6 Equipment cannot automatically decode an airliner's identity signal—or ‘squawk’—into its call sign and height.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
squawkv.
/skwɔːk/, U.S. /skwɔk/, /skwɑk/ 1.
a. intransitive. To call or cry with a loud harsh note; to squall or screech hoarsely.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > squawk
squawk1821
crawk1889
1821 [implied in: J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 90 Cow-boy's whoops, and squawking brawls, To urge the straggling heifers back. (at squawking adj.)].
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Squawk, to squeak.
1879 C. M. Yonge Magnum Bonum I. 120 A stately black Spaniard [fowl]..squauking and curtseying.
1881 Rae White Sea Peninsula v. 56 Clouds of gulls were hovering about,..all hungry, some squawking hoarsely.
b. Of things: To give out a discordant sound; to creak or squeak harshly.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] > squawk or quack
squawk1859
1859 H. B. Stowe Minister's Wooing xxix. 275 That bedroom door squawks like a cat.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad iv. 43 A disreputable accordion that had a leak somewhere and breathed louder than it squawked.
c. U.S. slang. To turn informer, to ‘squeal’.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)]
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)]
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squawk1872
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to blow the whistle on1934
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to put in1975
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1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. vii Play baby, to whine; ‘squawk’; or assume innocence.
1929 W. R. Burnett Little Caesar vi. v. 251 You know..Joe squawked.
1935 Amer. Speech 10 12/2 Belch, to confess or carry information to the police. Modern to squawk.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Dec. 974/4 The thief who ‘squawks’ is expelled as professionally infamous; his occupation's gone.
d. U.S. slang. To complain, protest.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
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squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
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peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
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bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks xvii. 239 He mustn't squawk an' try to git another feller to help 'im out of 'is bargain.
1926 J. Black You can't Win iv. 41 Usually the sucker is a married man and can't squawk. But when he does squawk..the only thing to do is to blow back his money.
1939 Time 23 Jan. 30/2 Since most Hummert ghosts are glad to add caviar to bread-&-butter from other jobs, they have seldom squawked.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Jan. 13/1 When you pass a law and hire somebody to enforce it, you can't squawk if your kids get pinched for violating it.
1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) vi. 121 The contractor had been getting away with plenty..and would not dare squawk, no matter how high a bill was presented.
1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxvii. 319 If the EPA ever finds out and squawks, they'll just fight it out in the courts.
2. transitive. With out: To utter with or as with a squawk.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (transitive)] > squawk
crawk1845
squawk?1856
?1856 Mrs. Witcher Widow Bedott Papers 208 The way she squawked it out was a caution to old gates on a windy day.
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3. transitive. Of an aircraft, etc.: to transmit or emit (an identification signal), enabling the plane's position to be plotted on a radar screen. Cf. squawk box n. b. slang (originally U.S.).
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > navigate aircraft [verb (transitive)] > transmit or emit identification signal
squawk1956
1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 485/1 Squawk,..of an airborne IFF set: to emit a signal. Slang.
1963 Amer. Speech 38 120 Squawk,..to transmit signals by using a parrot. ‘Roger, we are now squawking mode 3, code 30 on our parrot.’
1967 R. J. Serling President's Plane is Missing iii. 55 ‘Washington Center, Air Force One Squawk ident.’ ‘Roger, identing.’
1982 J. Gardner For Special Services i. 11 His eyes remained on the huge radarscope... The indicator numbers 12—‘squawked’ by the Boeing's transponder—flicked off and changed.
1988 Pilots Internat. Nov. 39/1 Usual transmission is 4321, until requested to squawk a particular code.
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