SQUAWKER

whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker

(noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

squawker (plural squawkers)

Something that squawks.

A person who complains or protests noisily.

(slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.

A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.

(slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 June 2024

AUDACIOUS

(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; “audacious explorers”; “fearless reporters and photographers”; “intrepid pioneers”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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