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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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Others are driven near-mad by their incessant squawks.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Insects hummed from the grasses, green lizards slept in the trees, and resting water birds, spooked by our approaching footsteps, squawked and flew away.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
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Noun
Their raspy and dissident squawks are quite out of tune.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Others are driven near-mad by their incessant squawks.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
Verb
But the ports that buy these giant cranes are squawking.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Insects hummed from the grasses, green lizards slept in the trees, and resting water birds, spooked by our approaching footsteps, squawked and flew away.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
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“Squawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squawk. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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