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: a sound or noise that someone (such as an audience member) makes toward a speaker, performer, athlete, etc., that he or she does not like
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. / ˈkætˌkɔl / See synonyms for: catcall / catcalled / catcalling on Thesaurus.com This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. a shrill, whistlelike sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, etc. an instrument for producing such a sound. verb (used without object) to express disapproval of by catcalls. See synonyms for catcall on Thesaurus.com THIS QUIZ ON BLUE OPPOSITES WILL SURELY "BLUE" YOU AWAY What do you think the opposite of blue is? See how much you know about the many ways we can describe the opposite of blue. What does SAFFRON symbolize in Hindu traditions? TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT First recorded in 1650–60; cat + call catboat, catbrier, cat-built, cat burglar, cat cafe, catcall, catch, Catch-22, catchall, catch-as-catch-can, catch at Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022 boo, derision, hiss, hoot, jeer, whistle, gibe, raspberry, shout
a shrill whistle or cry expressing disapproval, as at a public meeting, etc to utter such a call (at); deride with catcalls Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 © 2022 Dictionary.com, LLC
cat + call Mid-17th c. < the resemblance to cats' nocturnal cries.
catcall (plural catcalls)
catcall (third-person singular simple present catcalls, present participle catcalling, simple past and past participle catcalled)
2007 April 1, Ada Calhoun, “Up Front”, in New York Times[1]: When Susan Seligson thinks about breasts — and, since she’s a DDD-endowed (touché) middle-aged woman who’s been groped and catcalled her whole life, that’s often, too — she thinks about ... her own DDDs. Short for change availability or type + call.
catcall (plural catcalls)
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