squawk



squawk about something

to complain about something. stop squawking about how much money you lost. I lost twice as much. What are you squawking about now?
See also: squawk

squawk

1. in. to complain. Some people squawk because they don’t have anything else to do.
2. n. a complaint. Here’s another squawk from the lady on the third floor.
3. tv. & in. to reveal or blab something. She squawked the whole business to the fuzz.

squawk box

n. a public-address system; a loudspeaker, especially if installed in a box or other housing. A raspy voice came over the squawk box announcing the arrival of what we had been waiting for.
See also: box, squawk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CyrylTSI-rilPolish
RonaldRAHN-əldScottish, English
GrietKHREETDutch
Antheia-Greek Mythology
LayneLAYNEnglish
Beorhtsige-Anglo-Saxon