Synonyms for catcalled
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kat-kawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætˌkɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for catcalled Other synonyms for the word catcalled
Définition of catcalled
Origin :- 1650s, a type of noisemaker used to express dissatisfaction in play-houses, from cat (n.) + call (n.); presumably because it sounded like an angry cat. As a verb, attested from 1734.
- As in boo : verb decry
- As in sibilate : verb hiss
- As in hiss : verb make buzzing sound; ridicule
- As in hoot : verb cry
- And they all yodelled and catcalled till I went out on the porch.
- Extract from : « Georgina's Service Stars » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- They whined it, they catcalled it, they shrieked it in falsetto imitation of Clarence's mother.
- Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
- They whistled, hollowed and catcalled and interrupted the Prologue for above ten Minutes.
- Extract from : « A Will and No Will or A Bone for the Lawyers. (1746) The New Play Criticiz'd, or the Plague of Envy (1747) » by Charles Macklin
- Ladies stood on their chairs and waved their handkerchiefs, while men threw up their hats, danced, and catcalled.
- Extract from : « Booker T. Washington » by Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe
Antonyms for catcalled
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