单词 | squawking |
释义 | squawkingadj. That squawks, or utters hoarse squeaks; characterized by squawks or squawking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [adjective] > squawking squawking1821 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 90 Cow-boy's whoops, and squawking brawls, To urge the straggling heifers back. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Squawking-thrush, the missel-thrush. I. Wight. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 208 The watch, up to their waists in water, splashed about collecting the squawking chickens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1821 |
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