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catcalling

verb

Definition of catcalling

present participle of catcall

as in jeering

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Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.

— Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Those jeering fans quickly had plenty to celebrate, as Austria players surrounded and jumped on their last-gasp goalscorer.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 June 2026

Definition of jeering

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Meanwhile, Vision decrypts a mocking email exchange between Ultron and Paladin, who’s angry his unbreakable contract was broken.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
As proof of how much of a joke this has become for people is that a sketch mocking their drama was part of the October 10 episode of Saturday Night Live UK.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of mocking

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Decades later, long after Hemingway’s death, in 1961, Carlos Baker, Hemingway’s biographer, told Conrad about some of the letters deriding him.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
So many algorithms are chock-full of messaging deriding our state for its problems with affordability, housing costs, homelessness, the wealth gap, or regulation and bureaucracy.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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Chicago added Jeffery Simmons, the Seahawks brought in Quenton Nelson and other NFC teams are sniffing around the sellers for talent.

— Sam Jane, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
Why would the Bears have been sniffing around Nelson while also considering defensive pieces that could aid them for the second half of the season?

— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

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