as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
if we don't receive any squawks, we can assume the change was acceptable
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
she squawked on for hours about how salespeople were always rude to her
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Recent Examples of squawk
Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
Their raspy and dissident squawks are quite out of tune.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
Help a squawking duck find its missing babies, for example, or knock over jars of purple jam on behalf of an ancient, whiskery cat.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 13 June 2024
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Noun
The song is unlovely and jagged, the melody’s sweetness repeatedly punctured by the squawks of their habitual bickering.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
Their raspy and dissident squawks are quite out of tune.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Verb
Insects hummed from the grasses, green lizards slept in the trees, and resting water birds, spooked by our approaching footsteps, squawked and flew away.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
Help a squawking duck find its missing babies, for example, or knock over jars of purple jam on behalf of an ancient, whiskery cat.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 13 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for squawk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squawk
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The ground crew starts the engines externally, filling the air with an urgent whine.J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
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Reports of this plan were toasted by professional cynics with a similar whine.Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
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Girding for battle at USC Pay is at the center of union organizing at USC, where non-tenure track professors complain of semester-to-semester contracts with little job security, minimal or nonexistent raises and moves by the university to cut benefits.Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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If corporate leaders complain about these directives’ effects on their bottom lines, Trump’s team could force CISA to scale back its use of this authority.Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Against Notre Dame, the collective moan in the Coliseum with yet another last-minute loss because of Riley’s poor play calling was the breaking point for this lifelong Trojan.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of fans from all over the world tuned in to these unofficial livestreams every night of the tour, commenting, screaming, and searching for Swift Easter eggs together — and thus creating a sense of community and joy rivaled only by the vibes of an actual concert.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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This clearly crushes Lee, who screams furiously at Eugene, though his words are rendered inaudible amid the trip—Lee cannot make his voice heard.Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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So far this fall, Milwaukee DNS has seen a 35% increase in complaints from last year about landlords providing no heat or insufficient heat, WITI-TV (Channel 6) and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) reported.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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The state said any consumers who have a complaint against LaFontaine Motors of Livonia should call the Office of Investigative Services automotive complaint line at 844-372-8356.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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The accompanying dispenser easily slices through tape to create clean lines without fuss, and a high volume of positive shopper ratings have earned this tape an impressive 4.3-star rating.Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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One other final point is that a lot of fuss was made over the female protagonists in Witch from Mercury.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Squawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squawk. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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