1. loud, harsh, wailing cries or sounds
2. loud, persistent complaining or protesting
Usage: figurative use

1. to make loud, harsh, wailing cries or sounds
Usage: present participle of caterwaul
2. to complain or protest loudly and persistently
Usage: present participle of caterwaul; figurative use

Examples

• The cats were caterwauling outside all night, keeping the neighbors awake.
• The crowd began caterwauling in protest when the decision was announced.
• We could hear the caterwauling of the alley cats from our apartment.
• The politician dismissed the public's caterwauling as mere noise.
• The baby started caterwauling the moment we left the room.
• The caterwauling from the concert next door was unbearable.
• She spent the entire meeting caterwauling about the unfair treatment.
• The caterwauling of the wind through the old house was eerie and unsettling.