From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsquawksquawk /skwɔːk $ skwɒːk/ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 HBPSOUNDif a bird squawks, it makes a loud sharp angry sound2 informalCOMPLAIN to complain loudly and angrily —squawk noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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squawk• Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.• Outside, single shouts sounded - a threatening growl from several voices together - hens squawking.• Pause at a rest stop and huge black birds crack the air with their squawking.• Birds squawked and exploded out of the crops.• Our laughter caused birds roosting in the garden to squawk and take flight.• They squawked that Jack was robbing them again, taking away their chance to make a big tourist dollar.• I'd just squawked the new transponder code when I saw a helicopter ahead at two o'clock.• The harsh, squawking voices of the gulls echoed between the channel walls.• The parakeet began to squawk when I walked in.Origin squawk (1800-1900) From the sound 