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Definition: Squawk |
SquawkNoun1. The noise of squawking; "the squawk of car horns". 2. Informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here". Verb1. Utter a harsh abrupt scream. 2. Complain; "What was he hollering about?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "squawk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Note: Squawk \Squawk\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Squawked; Squawking.]. (references) |
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Slang | Noun. Source: Squawk - (verb) to complain or protest loudly or vehemently. Definition: An complaint or notice, about the aircraft, written from pilot to mechanic. Context: Might be used by a pilot in communication with ground personnel. Social Source: Military Aviators. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Squawk is Budgie's second album. Released in September 1972 (see 1972 in music). This recording certifided gold in 1973.For all its strengths, Squawk (reissued on CD in 1991, along with Budgie) didn't turn Budgie into the well-known outfit.
Discography
Total time: 38:51
- "Whiskey River" - 3:27
- "Rocking Man" - 5:25
- "Rolling Home Again" - 1:47
- "Make Me Happy" - 2:37
- "Hot As A Docker's Armpit" - 5:53
- "Drug Store Woman" - 3:14
- "Bottled" - 1:57
- "Young Is a World" - 8:14
- "Stranded" - 6:17
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Squawk (album)."
Synonyms: SquawkSynonyms: bitch (n), kick (n), beef (v), bellyache (v), gripe (v), grouse (v), holler (v), screak (v), screech (v), skreak (v), skreigh (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Squawk |
| English words defined with "squawk": cackle, cackler ♦ Night heron ♦ Squawked, Squawking. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "squawk": ICONOCLAST. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | So You Won't Squawk (1941) The Big Squawk (1929) | |
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| Duck; goose; geese; mallard; squawk; honk; quack. | Squawk; birds; gull; . | ||
| Squawk; coo; dove; goose; geese; honk; honking; cooing; squawking. | Squawk; squawking; high-pitched. | ||
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | There was the squawk of an outraged hen, a burst of red feathers, and the hen ran off, flapping stubby wings for speed |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are imperfectly gratified by the performance, and most strenuously protest that he unbuildeth but doth not reedify, that he pulleth down but pileth not up. For the poor things would have other idols in place of those he thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth. But the iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not; and if the rebuilder fooleth round hereabout, behold I will depress the head of him and sit thereon till he squawk it." |
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| "Squawk" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.81% of the time. "Squawk" is used about 43 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 55.81% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 30.23% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.95% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "squawk": squawk altimeter ♦ squawk box ♦ squawk duck ♦ squawk ident ♦ squawk indent ♦ squawk mayday ♦ squawk standby ♦ stop altitude squawk. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
box squawk | 44 |
squawk | 20 |
box cnbc squawk | 9 |
box poll squawk | 4 |
lung sound squawk | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squawk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | klithmë e fortë, këlthet (hoot), ankohem (beef, bind, cavil, complain, grouse, growl, moan, whine, yammer). (various references) | |
Arabic | نهق (bray), قهقه (giggle, guffaw, hee haw, roar, scream, snigger), قرقر (gurgle, quack), غنى بصوت كريه, زعق (bawl, shriek, squall), ضحكة عالية, ضحك بصوت عالي, صوت عال حاد, صاح (bawl, call, call out, clear, crow, cry, holler, hoot, scream, shout, sing out, squall, squeal, vociferate), صرخة (cry, holler, pax, scream, shout, shriek, yell), صرخ (call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, exclaim, holler, make noise, outcry, pop off, scream, shout, shriek, squeak, yell), جعجع (bawl, clamor, clamour, roar). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шумно протестирам, крясък (clamor, clamour, cry, honk, hoot, scream, shriek, whoop, yell), крякам (croak, gabble, gaggle, gobble), грачене (croak), грача (caw, croak). (various references) | |
Chinese | 尖声. (various references) | |
Czech | vřeštìt (blare, Caterwaul, howl, scream, yell), krákat (caw), krákání (cackle, caw), kokrhat (crow), kokrhání (crow), kdákat (cackle, cluck), kdákání (cackle, cluck). (various references) | |
Danish | transponderaktivering (squawk ident), deaktiver højdetransponder (stop altitude squawk). (various references) | |
Dutch | activeer de identificatiemogelijkheid (squawk ident). (various references) | |
Farsi | فریاد (Call, Calling, Cry, Gaff, Greet, Groan, Outcry, Shout, Shriek, Squeal, Whoop), ناپاک (Impure, Unclean, Unwell, Unwholesome), چرک (Dingy, Dirt, Dirty, Frowzy, Guck, Impure, Lymph, Pus, Puss, Slag, Sordid), کثیف (Amiss, Dirty, Draggy, Grimy, Impure, Lousy, Messy, Mussy, Nasty, Sloppy, Sordid), قدقدکردن (Cluck), غرولندکردن (Begrudge, Complain, Groin, Snarl), صدای اردک دراوردن , جیغ ناگهانی زدن , جیغ (Catcall, Scream, Screech, Shout, Shriek, Squeal), اعتراض کردن (Except, Object, Obtest, Protest), بدنما (Unsightly). (various references) | |
Finnish | kirkuna (screech). (various references) | |
French | glousser, gloussement, cri, brailler (squall), braillement. (various references) | |
German | quäken (mewl, screech, to mewl, to squawk), kreischen (jar, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squeal, to screech, to shriek, to squawk, yell). (various references) | |
Greek | κράζω (caw, croak, halloo, hollo, quack, screech), κραυγή όρνιθοσ, κραυγή χήνασ, κακάρισμα (cackle), σκούζω (hoot, screak, scream, screech, shriek, yell), παραπονούμαι (bellyache, complain, repine at), φωνάζω (bawl, call, call out, caterwaul, clamor, clamour, cry, halloo, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout to, yawp, yell). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לקרקר (cackle, cluck, gaggle, quack), לצרוח (bawl, scream, shout, shriek, squeal, yell). (various references) | |
Hungarian | panaszkodás (jeremiad, outpouring, plaintiveness). (various references) | |
Italian | strillare (cry, scream, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, squall, squeal), strido rauco, squittire (squeak), lamentarsi (bellyache, bemoan, bewail, complain, grieve, groan, grumble, howl, lament, moan, mourn, protest, wail, whine). (various references) | |
Manx | scraaghey (clod, pare, scraw, squeal), scraagh (screech, squeal), graagey, graag (hee-haw). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | awksquay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | grasnido (caw, clang). (various references) | |
Romanian | scoate ţipete ascuţite, ţipãt (cry, hoot, outcry, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, yell). (various references) | |
Russian | резкий крик, клекотать клекот, жаловаться (beef, bitch, complain, kick, lament, natter), пронзительно кричать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrisnuti (screak, scream, screech, shriek, squeal), vrisak (neigh, scream, screech, shriek), bučno protestovati (clamour against), bučan protest. (various references) | |
Spanish | graznido (caw, croak, honk, quack). (various references) | |
Swedish | skrika gällt (screech). (various references) | |
Thai | เสียงร้อง"ัง, การบ่นเสียง"ัง, ร้องโอ๊ก, "ุว่า (kvetch, scold). (various references) | |
Turkish | viyaklamak (yelp, yip), viyaklama (yip), dırdır etmek (grouse, grumble, nag, quack, rattle), ciyaklamak (squeak), ciyaklama (squeak, squeal), şikâyet etmek (belly, bemoan, bitch, complain, delate, inform against, take action), şikâyet (beef, complaint, delation, grievance, information, plaint, remonstrance). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | клекіт, клекотати, пронизливо кричати (clang, scream, shrill), пронизливий крик (scream, yell). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lời phản đối oai oái, lời oán trách oai oái. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "squawk": squawked, squawker, squawkers, squawking, squawks. (additional references) | |
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"Squawk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Shuwaikh, sqaw, squack, squak, squalk, squawa, squawl, squawm, squawrk, squawy, squek, squink, squow, sqwuak. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-q-s-u-w" | |
-1 letter: squaw, wauks. | |
-2 letters: auks, skua, wauk. | |
-3 letters: ask, auk, kas, qua, sau, saw, ska, suq, was. | |
-4 letters: as, aw, ka, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-q-s-u-w" | |
+1 letter: squawks. | |
+2 letters: squawked, squawker. | |
+3 letters: squawkers, squawking. | |
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