catcall

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
2. noun A shout, whistle, or comment of a harassingly sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman, causing distress and trauma.
3. noun A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval.
4. verb To make such an exclamation.
5. noun In the Eiffel programming language, a run-time error caused by use of the wrong data type.

Similar words

cat-call call booing squawk caterwaul hoot quawk callout cawing jeering

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Word family

catcalled catcalling catcalls