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squawk

(skwôk)

v. squawked, squawk·ing, squawks

v.intr.

1. To utter a harsh scream; screech.

2. Informal To complain or protest noisily or peevishly.

v.tr.

To utter with or as if with a squawk.

1. A loud screech.

2. A noisy complaint.

[Imitative.]

squawk′er n.

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squawk

(skwɔːk)

1. a loud raucous cry; screech

2. informal a loud complaint or protest

3. to utter a squawk or with a squawk

4. (intr) informal to complain loudly

[C19: of imitative origin]

ˈsquawker n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

squawk

(skwɔk)

v.i.

1. to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.

2. to complain loudly and vehemently.

v.t.

3. to utter or give forth with a squawk.

4. a loud, harsh cry or sound.

5. a loud, vehement complaint.

[1815–25; of expressive orig.]

squawk′er, n.

squawk

Past participle: squawked
Gerund: squawking

Imperative
squawk
squawk

Present
I squawk
you squawk
he/she/it squawks
we squawk
you squawk
they squawk

Preterite
I squawked
you squawked
he/she/it squawked
we squawked
you squawked
they squawked

Present Continuous
I am squawking
you are squawking
he/she/it is squawking
we are squawking
you are squawking
they are squawking

Present Perfect
I have squawked
you have squawked
he/she/it has squawked
we have squawked
you have squawked
they have squawked

Past Continuous
I was squawking
you were squawking
he/she/it was squawking
we were squawking
you were squawking
they were squawking

Past Perfect
I had squawked
you had squawked
he/she/it had squawked
we had squawked
you had squawked
they had squawked

Future
I will squawk
you will squawk
he/she/it will squawk
we will squawk
you will squawk
they will squawk

Future Perfect
I will have squawked
you will have squawked
he/she/it will have squawked
we will have squawked
you will have squawked
they will have squawked

Future Continuous
I will be squawking
you will be squawking
he/she/it will be squawking
we will be squawking
you will be squawking
they will be squawking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been squawking
you have been squawking
he/she/it has been squawking
we have been squawking
you have been squawking
they have been squawking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been squawking
you will have been squawking
he/she/it will have been squawking
we will have been squawking
you will have been squawking
they will have been squawking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been squawking
you had been squawking
he/she/it had been squawking
we had been squawking
you had been squawking
they had been squawking

Conditional
I would squawk
you would squawk
he/she/it would squawk
we would squawk
you would squawk
they would squawk

Past Conditional
I would have squawked
you would have squawked
he/she/it would have squawked
we would have squawked
you would have squawked
they would have squawked

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Noun	1.	squawk - the noise of squawking; "she awoke to the squawk of chickens"; "the squawk of car horns" noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
	2.	squawk - informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" gripe, beef, bitch, kick objection - the speech act of objecting
Verb	1.	squawk - utter a harsh abrupt scream skreigh, screak, screech, skreak cry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
	2.	squawk - complain; "What was he hollering about?" beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, crab kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

squawk

verb

1. cry, crow, screech, hoot, yelp, cackle I threw pebbles at the hens, and that made them jump and squawk.

2. (Informal) complain, protest, squeal (informal, chiefly Brit.), kick up a fuss (informal), raise Cain (slang) He squawked that the deal was a double cross.

noun

1. cry, crow, screech, hoot, yelp, cackle rising steeply into the air with an angry squawk

2. scream, cry, yell, wail, shriek, screech, squeal, yelp, yowl She gave a loud squawk when the water was poured on her.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

squawk

verb

Informal. To express opposition, often by argument:

challenge, demur, except, expostulate, inveigh, object, protest, remonstrate.

Informal: kick.

Idioms: set up a squawk, take exception.

noun

The act of expressing strong or reasoned opposition:

challenge, demur, exception, expostulation, objection, protest, protestation, remonstrance, remonstration.

Slang: kick.

Translations

وَقْوَقَه، زَعقَهيُوَقْوِق، يَزْعَق

skřekvydávat skřeky

skræppeskræppen

Kreischen

rascar

croasser gratter griffer

vijjogvijjogás

skrækja, gargaskrækur, garg

emettere strida strido rauco

ieķērktiesķērciensķērktkliedziens

škrekvydávať škrek

acı acı gıdaklamaacı acı gıdaklamakciyaklamaciyaklamak

嘶叫粗厉的嘶叫声

squawk

[skwɔːk]

A. N → graznido m, chillido m

B. VI → graznar, chillar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

squawk

[ˈskwɔːk]

[bird] → cri m strident, cri m perçant

[person] → cri m strident, cri m perçant

[bird] (once) → pousser un cri strident, pousser un cri perçant; (repeatedly) → pousser des cris stridents, pousser des cris perçants

[person] (once) → pousser un cri strident, pousser un cri perçant; (repeatedly) → pousser des cris stridents, pousser des cris perçants

squawk

n → heiserer Schrei; (fig inf: = complaint) → Protest m; he let out a squawk → er kreischte auf; the squawks of the hens → das aufgeregte Gackern der Hühner

vi (bird, person) → schreien, kreischen; (fig inf: = complain) → protestieren

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

squawk

[skwɔːk]

1. n → strido rauco

2. vi (parrot, baby, person) → strillare (fam) (complain) → lamentarsi

squawk

(skwoːk) noun

a loud harsh cry made eg by an excited or angry bird. The hen gave a squawk when she saw the fox.

verb

to make a sound of this sort.

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Son, those same fellows would steal crusts from starving men and pull gold fillings from the mouths of corpses, yep, and squawk like Sam Scratch if some blamed corpse hit back.

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He imagined some strange voice would come from the dead throat and squawk after him in horrible menaces.

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'While we were getting it back again the parrot, which was in its cage, let out a squawk. Honest, I jumped a foot in my chair.

He ain't himself." When just then the parrot cuts with another of them squawks. Jerry jumps at it.

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But the cub saw, and it was a warning and a lesson to him--the swift downward swoop of the hawk, the short skim of its body just above the ground, the strike of its talons in the body of the ptarmigan, the ptarmigan's squawk of agony and fright, and the hawk's rush upward into the blue, carrying the ptarmigan away with it,

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The air was full of all the night noises that, taken together, make one big silence-- the click of one bamboo stem against the other, the rustle of something alive in the undergrowth, the scratch and squawk of a half-waked bird (birds are awake in the night much more often than we imagine), and the fall of water ever so far away.

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It was Friquet's voice; and Dame Nanette, feeling herself supported, recommenced with all her strength to sound her shrilly squawk.

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But the iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not; and if the rebuilder fooleth round hereabout, behold I will depress the head of him and sit thereon till he squawk it."

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Above them, as they crept stealthily forward, chattered Manu, the monkey, and his thousand fellows; squawked and screamed the brazen-throated birds of plumage; buzzed and hummed the countless insects amid the rustling of the forest leaves, and, as they passed, a little gray-beard, squeaking and scolding upon a swaying branch, looked down and saw them.

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"WE HERE AT SQUAWK BOX HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING for politicians to 'give back their pork' to help pay for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Setting the squawkers straight

Take chances in Afghanistan with Joanna Sherman of Bond Street Theatre; try Ionesco out on audiences in China, with director Del Hamilton; trek Serbia with Virlan Tkacz; explore Vietnam with Erika Block of the Walk & Squawk troupe of Detroit; visit Havana with director Tisa Chang and Athens with director Michael Kahn (where Avery Brooks, center in photo, played Oedipus in The Oedipus Plays); and more.

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Every time a hawk, would threaten to swoop down and snatch a chicken, the guineas would squawk and ruffle their feathers and scare the hawk away.

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