Catcall

//ˈkætkɔl//

Synonyms for "catcall" (38 found)

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related to

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Translations

56 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дюдюкане noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • освиркване noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • освирквам verb (make such an exclamation)
  • свиркам verb (make such an exclamation)

Catalan

1 entries
  • xiulada noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 噓聲 /嘘声 noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • 性騷擾呼喊 /性骚扰呼喊 noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • 噓罵 /嘘骂 verb (make such an exclamation)

Dutch

2 entries
  • boegeroep noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • fluitconcert noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)

Finnish

4 entries
  • buuaus noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • huutelu noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • pilkka noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • vihellys noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)

German

4 entries
  • Ausbuhen noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • Auspfeifen noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • Buhruf noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • Hinterherpfeifen noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • (oda)füttyentés noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • füttyögetés noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • füttyögés noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • kifütyülés noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • apupo (boo) noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • assobiadela noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • piropo noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • vaia noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)

Russian

4 entries
  • освистывание noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • приставание noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • освистать verb (make such an exclamation)
  • освистывать verb (make such an exclamation)

Spanish

4 entries
  • abucheo noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • piropo noun (shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature)
  • rechifla noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • abuchear verb (make such an exclamation)

Swedish

2 entries
  • burop noun (shout or whistle expressing dislike)
  • bua verb (make such an exclamation)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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

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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.”)

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

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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.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.