Verb The customers squawked about the high prices. Opponents of the project have been squawking. Noun if we don't receive any squawks, we can assume the change was acceptable
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Verb
But what happens to that lucky bird that lives to squawk another day? Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022 But what happens to that lucky bird that lives to squawk another day? Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022 But what happens to that lucky bird that lives to squawk another day? Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022 This is the smallest commuter in the Hyundai lineup, but the Accent is still spry enough to squawk the tires. Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 23 Apr. 2021 Most fans, just eager to get back to seeing games after a year of no fans in the stands thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, probably won't squawk much at the ban on bringing in their own beverages. Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2021 When evening comes and the lights turn on, gulls flock to the rafters and squawk through the night. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021 Astro's Playroom doesn't use the speaker to squawk at players for attention or play audio logs. Kyle Orland And Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2020 But what happens to that lucky bird that lives to squawk another day? Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2020
Noun
Then another bird ruffled his feathers and made a half squawk, and the crowd giggled eagerly. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2022 In the rest of his directorial career, his famous squawk often got in the way of appreciating the grand-scale precision of his comedic conceits. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022 Just the occasional dull roar of the hot-air balloon’s igniter and the digital squawk of the pilot’s walkie-talkie followed by his steady-voiced exchanges about weather and elevation.Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022 Birch Aquarium is selling the naming rights to its Little Blue Penguins for $50,000 apiece to help underwrite a habitat for the seabirds, which tirelessly growl, squawk, screech and peep. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022 Users tend to disintegrate -- their teeth dissolving from the toxic smoke and their voices fading to a squawk. Kyung Lah, Anna-maja Rappard And Rachel Clarke, CNN, 30 Nov. 2021 It’s not just her rendition of Coulter’s distinct squawk, which is uncanny, but the subtle flicks of the hair and sharp, judgmental intakes of breath. Olivia Nuzzi, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2021 That life is corrosion and decay, blossoms and smiles, the squawk of a cockatoo.New York Times, 6 Sep. 2021 But this morning’s run was particularly challenging: six adult toucans, known for their loud squawk.Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2021 See More