The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squawk \Squawk\ (skw[add]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squawked (skw[add]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Squawking.] [See Squeak.] To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.
Squawking thrush (Zo["o]l.), the missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]
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n. squawk, the sound of a squawk vb. (present participle of squawk English)
Usage examples of "squawking".
In the near distance there was the sound of squawking ducks, the dull thunder of many pairs of wings rapidly taking flight.
I reasoned that if there was, he would be squawking or jumping about or endeavoring in some way to warn me.
Cicero who did the squawking, the horrified trumpeting, the agitated flapping.
Others in the square shouted out obscenities from behind darkened windows like a hostile audience from behind the footlights, even threatening to bring the police, and he screamed back at them, calling them all a lot of bloody assassins and murderers, shrieking and squawking in an altogether undignified manner unfortunately, overtaken momentarily by a fit of blind fear and rage.
Kate could hear the cries and wailings squawking out of the receiver, and it unnerved her.
Henrietta Hen came fluttering down from the haymow, squawking at the top of her lungs for old Whitey.
If he should catch a glimmer of light, it would destroy his sleep and then the squawking would never go away and then he would be awake.
The avian struggled mightily, waving its head back and forth and squawking in protest, but it did not take long for the sentience to overcome its small mind.
He had never seen so much stone, or so much fodder stacked in yellowing heaps next to barns, or so many chickens running and squawking underfoot, or so many barrels and kegs of food.
He blew on his fingers to warm them, then sauntered out from behind the crates and melted into a small crowd of serfs haggling with each other over a brace of squawking chickens held upside down by their feet.
The ravens desert, squawking off to their respective roosts after a disappointing day.
The chickens were squawking, the men hollering, and Otis, Lord Jesus, was going plumb mad.
Horace was bent over, jaws snapping, and a loud squawking came from under him.
He hung on his safety harness just behind Hardy and Mouranavigating, squawking the coordinates, reading the video.
He howled at insects, sometimes saying loud simple words to them in his squawking voice.