squawker
IPA: skwˈɔkɝ
noun
- Something that squawks.
- A person who complains or protests noisily.
- (slang) An informant; a stool pigeon.
- A loudspeaker used for frequencies intermediate between those of a woofer and a tweeter.
- (slang) The radio used in police vehicles to keep in contact with headquarters.
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Examples of "squawker" in Sentences
- As to his voice -- well, he is a genuine squawker.
- Also, I can't help but note your status as squawker.
- 'A – a squawker, 'says Addie, and the poor thing got a black mark for it.
- A refoam is the replacement of the original foam ring on a woofer or a squawker.
- Zach, who moonlights as the lead squawker for Jerusalem veteran punk act Weird Chicken, has his own ethical interest in not exploiting the love of music.
- In a classic example of American culture, the caption of the YouTube video heaping ridicule on this deluded squawker (are you sure it's not you?) misspelled loser.
- She's no LuPone, and her talent is only really shocking if you've already counted her out as a squawker on account of her granny hairdo and pre-fame Julia Roberts eyebrows.
- BBC squawker Jonathan Pearce has apparently been passed over for the gig as Auntie's top football commentator, and it might be a good job if his blog on the Beeb website is anything to go by.
- I had decided on the latter, remembering Uncle Steve's advice never to volunteer, and was letting down my bunk, when the squawker boomed: "T.P. Bartlett, special communicator, report to the Relativist!"
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