CATCALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catcall mean? 

• CATCALL (noun)
  The noun CATCALL has 1 sense:

1. a cry expressing disapproval

  Familiarity information: CATCALL used as a noun is very rare.

• CATCALL (verb)
  The verb CATCALL has 1 sense:

1. utter catcalls at

  Familiarity information: CATCALL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATCALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cry expressing disapproval

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("catcall" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

catcall (utter catcalls at)

• CATCALL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they catcall    ... he / she / it catcalls   
Past simple: catcalled   
Past participle: catcalled   
-ing form: catcalling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter catcalls at

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "catcall" is one way to...):

deride (treat or speak of with contempt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

catcall (a cry expressing disapproval)