caterwaul

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(Noun) the sound of a screeching or howling cat, generally in mating time; can also be used to describe the way a person sings

Usage: Her singing voice sounds like more of a caterwaul than anything else.

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(Noun) Any living thing screeching. Cats can caterwaul; so can dogs; so can people moaning or even just arguing, if loudly and discordantly enough.

Usage: The orchestra's playing was so bad that one music critic described it as "mere caterwauling".

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(Verb) cats screaching

Usage: I heard those cats caterwauling last night, gosh they were making a noise!

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