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caterwauling

  • /ˈkætəwɔːlɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈkætɚˌwɔlɪŋ/ US
  • /-ˌwɑ-/ US
  • [-ɾɚ-] US

noun caterwaulings

  1. gerund gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls. VVhy, here is nothing in the vvorld in this houſe but catter-vvavvling from morning till night, nothing but catter-vvavvling. Hoity toity! vvho have vve here?

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of caterwaul

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@misc{caterwauling_2026,
  title = {caterwauling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caterwauling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}