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squawking

squawking noun: squawk, the sound of a squawk. Also the present participle and gerund of squawk.

Noun

squawking (plural squawkings)

  1. Squawk, the sound of a squawk.
    • She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125

Also used as

squawking is also the present participle and gerund of squawk.

Forms of squawking

pluralsquawkings

Questions about squawking

What does squawking mean?
Squawking means squawk, the sound of a squawk.
What part of speech is squawking?
Squawking is a noun.
What is the plural of squawking?
The plural of squawking is squawkings.

Words near squawking in the dictionary

  1. squawketh
  2. squawkier
  3. squawkiest
  4. squawkily
  5. squawkiness
  6. squawking
  7. squawkingly
  8. squawkings
  9. squawks
  10. squawky
  11. squawl

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