Crossword clues for caterwaul
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caterwaul \Cat"er*waul\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caterwauled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Caterwauling.] [Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a
cat.]
To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive
noise.
--Coleridge.
Caterwaul \Cat"er*waul\, n. A caterwauling.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., caterwrawen, perhaps from Low German katerwaulen "cry like a cat," or formed in English from cater, from Middle Dutch cater "tomcat" + Middle English waul "to yowl," apparently from Old English *wrag, *wrah "angry," of uncertain origin but all somehow imitative. Related: Caterwauled; caterwauling.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A yowling. 2 A noisy quarrel. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise. 2 (context intransitive English) To have a noisy argument, like cats.
WordNet
n. the yowling sound made by a cat in heat
v. utter shrieks, as of cats [syn: yowl]
Wikipedia
Caterwaul was an American band, based in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring Betsy Martin on vocals and mandolin, Mark Schafer on guitar, Fred Cross on bass and Kevin Pinnt on the drums.
Their debut album, The Nature of Things (1987) was released on Lost Arts Records. Caterwaul was interviewed in January 1988 on MTV's "120 Minutes" and the music video for "A Flower and a Stone" from their debut album was played nationally for the first time. The video, directed by David Kane-Ritsch, was notable for its use of photocopied enlargements of frames of film that were subsequently "colored-in" with what appeared to be highlighter markers and crayons. The extremely labor-intensive project (essentially a crude type of cel animation) generated significant interest among the music video production community. Later in 1988, Caterwaul was signed by I.R.S. Records and released an EP and two albums for the label; Beholden (1988), Pin and Web (1989) and Portent Hue (1990), before disbanding. Pin and Web (1989) yielded one minor hit single in, "The Sheep's A Wolf" that charted at Number 30 on the Billboard "Alternative Songs" chart the week of May 13, 1989. Caterwaul lost Fred Cross after the Portent Hue tour, and recruited Kelly Castro as their new bassist. They also added Stuart Smith as a second guitarist. The new lineup recorded Killer Fish in 1991, which was released in 1996 on Lost Arts Records.
Usage examples of "caterwaul".
He was an ailurophobe, and I think he was unnerved by the caterwauling coming from both sides.
The two women clung to each other and began a caterwauling that rivaled a ritual of mourning over a Tarahumara boy David had witnessed in Mexico last year.
It was enough to raise your hair to hear that variegated and enormous unanimous caterwaul burst out!
But beyond it the screaming went on in volume imperceptibly muffled by its barrier, one ear-splitting caterwaul following another with such continuity that the wonder was where Lady Randolph West found breath to keep up that atrocious row, and whether any dozen women of average lung-power could have rivalled it.
Great gift ideas for very young snipers-to-be December 19, 1993 With all their caterwauling about juvenile violence, wimpy liberals in Washington have succeeded in intimidating toy dealers just in time for Christmas.
Page had now completed his programme, and warned by the disrespectful violins from the gallery of the ball-room, whence a considerable caterwauling was already announcing the approach of the dance, he made his farewell flourish, and bow and, smiling, withdrew.
The other Croi set up a wierd caterwauling and, as the three humans watched, dumbfounded, began plucking extremities of their own in an outlandish harvest of devotional tokens, showering them into the pink surf.
In the back of the car Ian listened to his sister's caterwauling and tried to concentrate on his comic.
It caterwauled for fifteen minutes, attracting thirty-five fish before Midshipman Diego begged for permission to stop, forgetting he had his own authority in my orders.
Kevin Arnweil had twice managed to avoid destruction while his ship caterwauled, but the five unsu-pervised cadets were still the weakest link in my chain.
In the last hours, we'd caterwauled longer and louder than had ever been done.
Meanwhile cups of hot, powerfully alcoholic herb tea were kept filled, a small orchestra caterwauled on pipes and drums, and there were some fairly spectacular performances by varyak riders, knife dancers, acrobats, and marksmen.
The slouch and several friends huddled at the foot of our stage and caterwauled lyrics they'd obviously invented.
To the innocent nostrils of spring there was caterwauled a filthy serenade.
I paused at the hatch, "That memo I wrote about the caterwauling bomb, sir.