catcalling

present participle of catcall

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for catcalling
Verb
  • During the post-fight interviews, a frustrated Aspinall had lashed out inside the Octagon after the stoppage, swearing at the crowd for jeering him.
    Antonio Losada, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Raging at the decision, the 29-year-old Medvedev sprinted across the court to remonstrate angrily with Allensworth and whipped up a jeering New York crowd.
    Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Elon Musk lashed out at Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a series of insulting posts on his social media platform X on Tuesday, after Duffy suggested NASA may sideline SpaceX from its moon mission.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The extremists are insulting you every single day.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By the 1830s, politicians had stopped ridiculing America’s growing canal system.
    Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The show opened with a skit mocking Hegseth, portrayed by comedian Colin Jost, ridiculing the Defense Secretary's address to military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, last week.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These contrivances became so well known that, in 2009, the All-American Rejects guitarist Nick Wheeler spent much of his appearance mocking them.
    Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The music video is a single shot of Welch in the back of a car, singing along in a suit, sporting shades and a cigar, both mocking and inhabiting the position of male dominance.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Several reports over the last few weeks had the Broncos sniffing around at offensive additions, primarily at wide receiver.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The Ovechkin puck would likely garner a pretty penny, if not now, then sometime in the future, as no other active NHL player is sniffing around 700 career goals.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Catcalling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catcalling. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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