What is "catcall"

Usage examples of "catcall".

He tried not to think that: the horses might betray anything he thought, though he got none of the expected catcalls and heckling from the junior bystanders.

Behind them, several Erzrumi contingents erupted in hisses, catcalls, and the whistles some of the hillmen used for jeers.

There was nothing, not even a catcall, last defiance, and she felt the sharp sting of regret before the reaction set in.

Over on the far side of the hall, three women were dancing on a table, bare breasted, lewd and drunk, encouraged by a chorus of catcalls, whistles and cheers.

The tempest burst out again: yells of approval from the Left, catcalls and ironical laughter from the Right.

She made her way through them, ignoring catcalls and whispered invitations, stepping to avoid where kids lay making out against the brick wall that ran alongside the path or pissing in the bushes.

She was vaguely aware of Louis's hoots and other catcalls as the kiss lingered, his tongue slipping into her mouth to ignite more flames.

But just now, with the jeering and catcalls still loud in his ears and the tinker's grinning face so near his own, it seemed to matter more than anything else ever had before.

The intention was to bellow and catcall systematically to drown Barba Jannis' voice.

There were hisses and catcalls when a German flag was seen, and as the troops were pictured advancing, bayonetting the civilians in wide Dutch pants, the old women with starched caps, the soldiers packed into the stuffy Y.

He began to do a sarcastic jitterbug to the old-timey big-band music, and someone catcalled over to him.

Drunks catcalled observations about Heather’s body when they picked up the truck at the downtown shelter, and at the department store warehouse, the manager—working on Sunday and all the more surly for that—stared at them with an expression that TK would have understood even had he not overheard the man murmur to Heather: “You gonna be all right with him, ma’am?

The women catcalled and the tattooed woman whistled, as though calling a taxi in London.

Even the Orphans broke up, slapping one another on the back and catcalling Max Delaney, the hitter in the on-deck circle.

Finally, Mister JayMac sent Muscles, Curriden, Fanning, and Sudikoff out there—at some peril, for the crowd started catcalling at once—to subdue Hoey and drag him, thrashing and frothing, if need be, into the clubhouse.