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• Every morning we woke up to the squawking of what seemed like a hundred murders in the trees above our campsite.From the entry murder
• The house phone rang -- a sudden shrill squawk of electronic noise.2016, Helen Callaghan, Dear Amy, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry house phone
• One young chick is standing on its toes, flapping crazily, squawking a long ‘not-happy-Jan’ cry in penguin-speak.2011, Craig Cormick, In Bed with Douglas Mawson: Travels Around Antarctica, unnumbered page. From the entry not happy, Jan
• The birds squawked desperately, their nests high up in the inaccessible shrubs.2010, Gabriela Mistral, Selected Prose and Prose-Poems, page 104. From the entry jungular
• He prefaced his next song with a row of hard, multiphonic squawks, sounding like a truck horn.2009 January 22, Nate Chinen, “A Single Jazz Band, by Way of Two Trios”, in New York Times. From the entry multiphonic
• Still the empty-headed Democrats of the liberal ink squawk that the war is lasting too long.2007 September 15, Joe F. Priola, “Perspective on war”, in Northwest Herald, page 10A. From the entry mental-disordered
• Such as the distant chatter of tamarin monkeys amid the squawking of macaws and toucans.1996 October 26, Nathan Ford, “Red in tooth and claw”, in The Guardian Weekend, London, page 70. From the entry monkeyspeak
• Her squawk came out in two distinct syllables, rather like the way I had been syllabificating “Rooo-beee!”1974, Joan McIntyre, Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins, Scribner, page 188. From the entry syllabificate
• Then the voice on the squawk box mentioned the Lorelei Hotel.1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 225. From the entry squawk box
• Or, heaven help us, a Lawn Guyland accent—that squawking horror of a dialect that gave the Guyland its nickname!2016, Andrew Klavan, The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ, page 11. From the entry Lawn Guyland
• "I'm going to get one two times as big as you guyses," Sammy squawked in her Keeky voice.1983, Howard White, Raincoast chronicles six/ten, page 35. From the entry guyses
• Doris has a lot of homework to do tonight, so I'm stuck here with my little squawk box!1964, Stan Lee, 3 Against The Torch!, page 4. From the entry squawk box
• Right off the bat we had some squawks about dermatitis.1957 July, Merrick Pratt, “Administering the Protective Equipment Program”, in Gerard J. Riley, editor, Modern Sanitation: The Magazine of…. From the entry malarkey
• Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk you can hear at Land's End.1934, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 3 Duke of York Street St. James's…. From the entry oofy
• The thump below was followed by an unbirdly squawk, and he scrambled to the edge of the loft and looked over the rail.2011, Roger Ladd Memmott, The Gypsy Lover, page 82. From the entry unbirdly
• This squawking blue pest became the center of his pride, so one morning when he discovered a parrotless perch, he hovered with rage.1998, Tibor Fischer, The Collector Collector: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry parrotless
• Billed as "the first and only" nationwide call-in show," it invites listeners to "call collect from anywhere in North America to have a heart-to-heart squawk."1969 April 6, Beatrice Berg, “Let's Not Burn, Baby, Burn, Let's Talk, Baby, Talk”, in New York Times, page D19. From the entry call-in show
• "Youse two birds will be after pullin' th' tail feathern out av each other and litterin' up th' landscape with loud squawks."1918, Electrical Merchandising Week, volumes 19-20, page 141. From the entry feathern
• Arianda's nasal squawk — think of the sound you hear if you squeeze a rubber duck — lends a bright comic pop to Billie's stream of dim-witticisms.2011 April 25, Charles Isherwood, “'Born Yesterday,' With Jim Belushi, Robert Sean Leonard - Review”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry dimwitticism
• Remember, for pilots it is very important to keep detailed notes in your squawk book and set aside some time to discuss the problem with your technician.2001, Edward R. Maher, Avionics Troubleshooting and Repair, page xvi. From the entry squawk book
• I distinguished the rasping whistles of bru-brus, the clarion choruses of red and yellow barbets, the feverish chattering of superb starlings and the harsh squawks of white-headed buffalo weavers.1989, Tom Heaton, In Teleki’s Footsteps: An East African Journey, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 75. From the entry brubru
• Immediately the intimate and packed crowd of party-loving young musos submit to the almighty bass quake, squawking synthesisers and furious thrusting rhythms of kuduro, the latest imported urban dance flavour.2008 March 23, Jaimie Hodgson, “When kuduro came to town”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry muso

Meaning of squawk

1. noun A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
2. noun A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
3. noun A complaint or objection.

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How do you use squawk in a sentence?

Squawk is used as a noun and verb. For example: “After discovering that the hydraulic system is faulty, the pilots squawked 7700 and declared mayday.”

What is a short sentence with squawk?

“Right off the bat we had some squawks about dermatitis.”

What does squawk mean?

Squawk means a shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.