squawked; squawking; squawks
1
: to utter a harsh abrupt scream
2
: to complain or protest loudly or vehemently
opponents of the bill squawked
squawker
noun
1
: a harsh abrupt scream
2
: a noisy complaint
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Examples of squawk in a Sentence
Verb
The customers squawked about the high prices.
Opponents of the project have been squawking.
Noun
if we don't receive any squawks, we can assume the change was acceptable
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Head downtown around dusk and the crows are hard to miss — roosting in trees, squawking to each other and plastering the sidewalk with their droppings, but not if Draco has anything to do with it.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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Verb
Sunny now says that this was her effort to understand Suzie’s pain at having lost a child — which prompts the dead bird to spring back to life and start squawking.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Head downtown around dusk and the crows are hard to miss — roosting in trees, squawking to each other and plastering the sidewalk with their droppings, but not if Draco has anything to do with it.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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“Squawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squawk. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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squawk
1 of 2 verb1
: to utter a harsh short scream
2
: to complain or protest loudly or forcefully
students squawked about the new dress code
squawker
noun
squawk
2 of 2 noun1
: a harsh short scream
2
: a noisy complaint
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