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Catcall   Listen
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Catcall  n.  A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise. "Upon the rising of the curtain. I was very much surprised with the great consort of catcalls which was exhibited."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Catcall" Quotes from Famous Books



... across that unimaginable stretch of emptiness before there was a bad sign. It was a catcall—literally—in their helmet phones. "Meow!" It was falsely plaintive and innocuous. It was a ...
— The Planet Strappers • Raymond Zinke Gallun



Words linked to "Catcall" :   deride, yell, cry, shout



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