squawk

While I was putting my horse away, I heard a rooster squawking. I looked at my watch and sighed; it was three o'clock, and I knew that I must eat him at six.

I think there is nothing more pathetic than to see one of these poor old childless couples taking a menagerie of yelping little worthless dogs to their hearts; and then adding some cursing and squawking parrots and a jackass-voiced macaw; and next a couple of hundred screeching songbirds, and presently some fetid guinea pigs and rabbits, and a howling colony of cats.

Back and forth over the battle field flew countless birds of gorgeous plumage, squawking their hoarse cries of rage and defiance.

The approach would have been a fine success if, just as Rose was about to pull up and salute, two or three distracted hens had not scuttled across the road with a great squawking, which caused Barkis to shy and stop so suddenly that his careless rider landed in an ignominious heap just under old Sorrel's astonished nose.

But the noise of the struggle was dreadfully distinct, and most terrible of all were the raucous, squawking sounds made by the strangled man's efforts to breathe.

You can hear the fish-boats squawking all around us.

And the shareholders and business interests might as well shut up squawking about how much they've been hurt.

A more unusual source of concern was the noise made by birds including parrots and peacocks - with even a squawking budgie reported in Reading, Berks.

A SQUAWKING chicken sparked a major armed police call out and a swirl of rumours in Guisborough.

Approach (about 30 seconds later): "Cessna Five Tango Pop, verify squawking 0227."