squawk
IPA: skwˈɔk
noun
- A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird; a yell, scream, or call.
- (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
- (informal) A complaint or objection.
- (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
- The American night heron.
- (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
verb
- To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
- (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
- (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
- (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
- (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
- (US, slang, dated) To back out in a mean way.
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Examples of "squawk" in Sentences
- The animals just squawk and howl.
- But the animals just squawk and howl.
- Brookline residents squawk about turkeys.
- The squawk code is a four digit octal number.
- The parrots squawk strange phrases, which alert Mary.
- I can try to work some more in, but the devotees will squawk.
- I think lots of systems squawk and die under that sort of load.
- Thus the lowest possible squawk is 0000 and the highest is 7777.
- A proposed farm animal ban has some Chester residents squawking.
- The realistic squawking sounds of a bird are of an actual parrot.
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