squawk

squawk
1. intransitive verb
[Hahn, Krähe, Rabe:] krähen; [Huhn:] kreischen; (complain) [Person:] keifen (abwertend)
2. noun

squawk[s] — (of crow, cockerel, raven) Krähen, das; (of hen) Kreischen, das

* * *
[skwo:k] 1. noun
(a loud harsh cry made eg by an excited or angry bird: The hen gave a squawk when she saw the fox.) das Kreischen
2. verb
(to make a sound of this sort.) kreischen
* * *
squawk
[skwɔ:k, AM skwɑ:k]
I. vi
1. (cry) kreischen
2. (fam: complain)
to \squawk about sth lautstark gegen etw akk protestieren
II. n
1. (cry) Kreischen nt kein pl
2. (complaint) Geschrei nt kein pl fam
\squawk of outrage Gezeter nt pej
\squawk of protest Protestgeschrei nt fam
* * *
[skwɔːk]
1. n
heiserer Schrei; (fig inf = complaint) Protest m

he let out a squawk — er kreischte auf

the squawks of the hens — das aufgeregte Gackern der Hühner

2. vi
(bird, person) schreien, kreischen; (fig inf = complain) protestieren
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squawk [skwɔːk]
A v/i
1. besonders ORN kreischen
2. umg lautstark protestieren (about gegen)
B s
1. besonders ORN Kreischen n
2. umg Protestgeschrei n
* * *
1. intransitive verb
[Hahn, Krähe, Rabe:] krähen; [Huhn:] kreischen; (complain) [Person:] keifen (abwertend)
2. noun

squawk[s] — (of crow, cockerel, raven) Krähen, das; (of hen) Kreischen, das

* * *
v.
kreischen v.
quäken v.

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