Squawky

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a squawk; raw and grating

    "It’s impossible to find the center of a Hella song, which explodes in multidirectional streaks of percussion and squawky guitar like a Jackson Pollock painting."

  2. 2
    Making squawking sounds.

    "a squawky chicken"

Adjective
  1. 1
    like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg wordnet

Example

More examples

"It’s impossible to find the center of a Hella song, which explodes in multidirectional streaks of percussion and squawky guitar like a Jackson Pollock painting."

Etymology

From squawk + -y.

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