Caterwaul

Definitions: Caterwaul

Caterwaul

Noun

1. The yowling sound made by a cat in heat.

Verb

1. Utter shrieks, as of cats.

Date "caterwaul" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonym: Caterwaul

Synonym: yowl (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Caterwaul

English words defined with "caterwaul": Caterwauled, Caterwauling ♦ Miaul. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Caterwaul in chaos crags : a cradle song (reference) Gold Star First Readers: A Dragon in a Wagon; Hairy MacLary from Donaldson's Dairy; Hairy MacLary Scattercat; Hairy MacLary's Caterwaul Caper; Hairy (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Caterwaul" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Caterwaul" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	50%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	50%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	4	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "caterwaul"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Mjaullin (meow, mew, miaow, wawl), Mjaullimë (mew, miaow), Bërtas (bawl, call, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, objurgate, scream, shout, shout at, shriek, squall, vociferate, whoop, yell), Çirrje. (various references)

Arabic		‏مواء الهر, ‏تشاجر كالقطط. (various references)

Bulgarian		Мяукане, Мяукам. (various references)

Czech		Vřeštìt (blare, howl, scream, squawk, yell), Mòoukat (meow, mew, miaow, yowl), Jeèet (blare, roar, scream, shriek, shrill, yell, yowl). (various references)

Finnish		kissannaukujaiset. (various references)

French		Miauler, Miaulement. (various references)

German		miauen (meow, mew, miaow, to mew). (various references)

Greek		Σκούξιμο, Σκούζω. (various references)

Hungarian		nyivákolás (caterwauling, caterwauls, yowl), nyávogás (caterwauling, caterwauls, meow, mew, miaou, miaow, wow, yowl). (various references)

Indonesian		mengiau. (various references)

Italian		Miagolare (mew, mewl, miaow, to mew). (various references)

Manx		piarghanee (caterwauling), peeagheree (caterwauling, oestrum, rutting). (various references)

Pig Latin		aterwaulcay

Portuguese		Mio, Miado (meow, mew), Gritaria (hue and cry, noise, outcry, shouting, vociferation, yawl), Gritar Como Gatos. (various references)

Romanian		Miorlãi (whine), Mieunat, Mieuna (call, miaow). (various references)

Russian		Кричать По-кошачьи, Кошачий Концерт, Задавать Кошачий Концерт. (various references)

Scottish		sgiamh (a squeal, beauty, mew, See <A HREF="mf11.html#sgèimh">sgèimh</A>, shriek, yell). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		maukati (meow, mew, mewl, miaow, waul), maukanje (mew). (various references)

Spanish		Chillar (bawl, howl, jar, pipe, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, yell), Maullar (meow, mew, mewl, to mew), Aullar (bay, howl, yell, yowl). (various references)

Swedish		Väsnas (clutter, make a noise), Oväsen (ado, brawl, clatter, clutter, commotion, din, fray, hubbub, hubub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, outcry, racket, shindig, shindy), Kattskrik, Jama (mew, miaow, to mew, waul). (various references)

Turkish		Mart Kedisi Sesi, Mart Kedisi Gibi Bağrışmak, Kediler Gibi Kapışmak, Azgın Kedi Sesi. (various references)

Ukranian		Кричати По-кошачому, Котячий Концерт (Charivari), �"рати Безладно, �"аняти За Спідницями. (various references)

Vietnamese		tiếng mèo g� o. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Middle Dutch	1100-1500	cater. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "caterwaul": caterwauled, caterwauling, caterwauls. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Caterwaul" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caterwahl, caterwal, Catteral, Cothereau. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-r-t-u-w"
	-2 letters: arcuate.
	-3 letters: acetal, actual, acuate, acuter, aurate, carate, cartel, claret, clawer, curate, curlew, curtal, cutler, laurae, rectal, reluct.
	-4 letters: aceta, acute, alate, alert, altar, alter, areal, areca, artal, artel, aurae, aural, aware, carat, caret, carle, carte, cater, clear, cleat, craal, crate, crawl, cruel, cruet, culet, curet, cuter, eclat, eruct, lacer, later, laura, lucre.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-l-r-t-u-w"
	+1 letter: caterwauls.
	+2 letters: caterwauled.
	+3 letters: caterwauling.
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