Catcall

/ˈkætkɔl/

Synonyms for "catcall" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

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Noun(2 words)
booscall out

Strong matches (15)

Noun(3 words)
catcallingcatcalling cultureheckles
cherry bombclackclackerclappercrackercricketfirecrackergive the birdgive the raspberryhisshissinghoot

Related words (26)

Noun(10 words)
jeerjeer atsexist climateshout outstreet harassmentstreet harassment cultureverbal harassmentwhistlewhistle atwolf whistle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

16 entries
abusive behaviorcallcrycultural climatederideharassmentoutcrypublic behaviorpublic misconductshoutsocial normsverbal abuseverbal behaviorverbal harassmentvociferationyell

More specific

10 entries
derogatory shoutgendered harassment climatejeeringjeering remarkpublic harassment normshoutingshouting insultsstreet harassment culturewhistlingwolf whistle

Collocations

11 entries
catcall behaviorcatcall incidentcatcalling behaviorcatcalling culturegendered catcallingperformative catcallingpublic catcallingpublic harassmentstreet catcallstreet harassmentwhistling at someone

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There, amid the curses and catcalls of sweaty beer drinkers, the tour's headliners are set to engage in a hallowed feminist ritual:

Source: wiktionary

In the Room for Debate forum Stopping Street Harassment, the editors ask four people to weigh in on the question, Should current laws dealing with harassment be strengthened to include catcalling, or will that go too far in controlling speech and behavior? (A catcall in this context is defined as “a whistle, shout, or comment of a sexual nature to a woman passing by.”)

Source: wiktionary

At what period was the custom of blowing catcalls at the theatre discontinued?

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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