1. to make a loud, harsh, wailing cry or noise
Usage: often used of cats fighting or yowling
2. to complain or protest loudly and persistently
Usage: informal

1. a loud, harsh, wailing cry or sound

Examples

• The cats were caterwauling outside all night.
• She caterwauled about the poor service at the restaurant.
• The alley echoed with the caterwaul of fighting tomcats.
• The crowd began to caterwaul when the referee made a bad call.
• His caterwaul of protest could be heard from three blocks away.
• The wind made an eerie caterwaul as it passed through the old house.