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caterwauling

Syllables: cat·er·waul·ingUK/ˈkætəwɔːlɪŋ/US/ˈkætɚˌwɔlɪŋ/

caterwauling is the gerund of caterwaul.

caterwauling is the present participle and gerund of caterwaul.

Meaning of caterwaul

Noun

caterwaul (plural caterwauls)

  1. A yowling.
  2. A noisy quarrel.

See all 4 meanings of caterwaul

Forms of caterwauling

pluralcaterwaulings

Origin of caterwauling

From caterwaul + -ing.

Questions about caterwauling

What is caterwauling the gerund of?
Caterwauling is the gerund of caterwaul.
How do you pronounce caterwauling?
Caterwauling is pronounced /ˈkætəwɔːlɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near caterwauling in the dictionary

  1. caters
  2. caterwaul
  3. caterwauled
  4. caterwauler
  5. caterwaulers
  6. caterwauling
  7. caterwaulings
  8. caterwauls
  9. catery
  10. cates
  11. Catesby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caterwauling (page history and authors); caterwaul (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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