Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cry as a cat; squall.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To cry as a cat; to squall; to wail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
wail , tocry plaintively
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make high-pitched, whiney noises
Etymologies
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Examples
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Afture tihs pikshure wuz taiken, Jack adn hims bruvvers hangeded teh tropheey onna waul azza mehmentoe
i killd teh beast - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Hims bees goeing soe fasst, hims iys huggyng teh waul;
invisible race car - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Nawt shur ib iz sayme storee, but teh wun ah reedz teh man hoo bilded teh waul nawt ebin noze teh man hooz flat it wuz had a kitteh, nebbir mynd daht kitteh wuz hydin weher he wuz bilding teh waul.
Go on… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Mirrow, mirrow onna waul, whooz teh pritteest kitteh ov awl?
sah nac i ?regrubzeehc - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai sez weez taikes awl ov teh “Grammure, Spehllyng, & Punkshuashun Komplainers”, lien tehm up genst teh waul adn:
mother-in-law deer - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Hmmm, wye ar yuu lobbing teh kamrah offa teh waul adn jumpyng onna kamrah cayse; Wye…?
curious kitteh ruins - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Gotta hayng iyt inna pikshure fraime onna waul at teh Tybooteek foar awl ov CheezeLannd tu sea:
Don’t puts all ur kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The waul of the bagpipe vibrated inside his head, and suddenly he looked up at the clouds on Mt Aenos, and was struck by the thought that he must have died and entered paradise.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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There can be no doubt whatever of the existence of these walls, for Leland begins his description of the town with the words '_Richemont_ Towne is waullid,' and in another place he says: 'Waullid it was, but the waul is now decayid.
Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923
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Bootlbac, the drumbeater! 'and this led off to the howl of Areep, the dervish; and this was followed by the shriek of Zeel, the garlic-seller; and the waul of Krooz el Krazawik, the carrier; and the complainings of
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868
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