SQUAWK

gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk

(noun) informal terms for objecting; “I have a gripe about the service here”

squawk

(noun) the noise of squawking; “she awoke to the squawk of chickens”; “the squawk of car horns”

gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

(verb) complain; “What was he hollering about?”

squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech

(verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

squawk (plural squawks)

A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.

(aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.

(aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.

The American night heron.

(programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.

Verb

squawk (third-person singular simple present squawks, present participle squawking, simple past and past participle squawked)

To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.

(slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.

(slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.

(programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.

(aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)

(US, slang, dated) To back out in a mean way.

Conjugation

Source: Wiktionary


Squawk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squawked; p. pr. & vb. n. Squawking.] Etym: [See Squeak.]

Definition: To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly. Squawking thrush (Zoöl.), the missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]

Squawk, n.

1. Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The American night heron. See under Night. Squawk duck (Zoöl.), the bimaculate duck (Anas glocitans). It has patches of reddish brown behind, and in front of, each eye. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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