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To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.

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Definitions

  1. v. i. To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.
  2. n. A caterwauling.
  3. n. the yowling sound made by a cat in heat
  4. v. utter shrieks, as of cats
  5. To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge. A caterwauling.
  6. To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensivenoise. Coleridge.
  7. v:100 n. the yowling sound made by a cat in heat