Wauling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat.

    "Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of waul form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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squallsquallwawl

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"Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […]"

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