Caterwaul

To make a harsh cry, like a loud, shrill scream.

"Have you ever stopped to wonder / Why they forced my voice / To turn from silence to a caterwaul?"

Taken from the song 'Caterwaul' by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead

by Brian "Larry" Conklin July 24, 2008

Caterwaul

Is not a word.

Irregardless of what Google says, caterwaul is not a word.

by Fakeyfakefakewords December 11, 2018

caterwaul

Allowing More than a shrill, less than a shreek. All is well as you read this and we didn't even speak. Miscellaneous words put together to liquate.

One of caterwaul must never run down his pedigree to find his true angle of origin

by hunngrynugryhipo January 17, 2018

caterwauling

The noise that a female singer makes when on stage.

Guy 1: "What's that horrible sound I hear?"
Guy 2: "It's just Ariana Grande caterwauling."

by Dave the Credible January 18, 2021

caternal

Like maternal, but instead of intense motherly tendencies towards a human, motherly tendencies towards a cat or cats.

"Where'd she go?"

"She got all caternal and started chasing that stray cat down an alley."

by chelseD July 15, 2010

Chatterwaul

Derived from chatter and caterwaul, means for several people to excitedly talk over each other trying to convey vital information about the same topic.

She sat in her customary seat, the love seat perpendicular to the sofa that faced the television, and kept muttering as she waited for her parents, who stood in the doorway to her room chatterwauling.
From What the Shadow Told Me

by Biminim January 19, 2005

caterpallor

The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

He took a bite, saw the other half of the worm in the apple and went as pale as dead... a real "caterpallor"....

by Ruv March 19, 2005