intransitive verb
Origin: ME caterwrawen, caterwawen < cater (prob. < MDu kater, tomcat) + v. wrawlen, wawlen; prob. echoic
noun
See caterwaul in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb cat·er·wauled, cat·er·waul·ing, cat·er·wauls
Origin:
Origin: Middle English *caterwawlen
Origin: : *cater, tomcat
Origin: ; akin to Low German kater
Origin: + wawlen, wrawlen, to yowl (ultimately of imitative origin)
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