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Meaning of Caterwauling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˈkætəwɔːlɪŋ

Definitions

gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls.

form-of, gerund

Equivalents

العربية الموء
Deutsch Gegröle
Suomi mouruaminen

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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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