caterwaul[verb]Synonyms: quarrel, bicker, brabble, fall out, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
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cat‧er‧waul /ˈkætəwɔːl $ -tərwɒːl/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: cat + waul 'to cry out' (15-20 centuries) (from the sound)]
to make a loud high unpleasant noise like the sound a cat makes
—caterwauling noun [uncountable]:
the sound of drunken caterwauling coming from next door [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲