Meaning of Caterwauling | Babel Free

Definitions

gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls.

form-of, gerund

Equivalents

Examples

“VVhy, here is nothing in the vvorld in this houſe but catter-vvavvling from morning till night, nothing but catter-vvavvling. Hoity toity! vvho have⟳ vve here?”

“Now, I like⟳ a good tune⟳ what is a tune⟳; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear⟳ the old barn door at home squeak any day.”

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