Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
caterwaul

more about caterwaul

caterwaul


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Caterwaul  \Cat"er*waul\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Caterwauled};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Caterwauling}.]  [Cat  +  waul,  wawl,  to  cry  as  a 
  cat.] 
  To  cry  as  cats  in  rutting  time;  to  make  a  harsh,  offensive 
  noise.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Caterwaul  \Cat"er*waul\,  n. 
  A  caterwauling. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  caterwaul 
  n  :  the  yowling  sound  made  by  a  cat  in  heat 
  v  :  utter  shrieks,  as  of  cats  [syn:  {yowl}] 




more about caterwaul