Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word SQUAWK

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Definitions of SQUAWK

1. The American night heron.
2. To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
3. (aviation) A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
4. (informal) A complaint or objection.
5. (aviation) An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
6. (programming, informal) A warning message indicating a possible error.
7. (slang, intransitive) To speak out; to protest.
8. (slang, intransitive) To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
9. (programming, intransitive, informal) To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
10. (aviation) To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
11. (US, slang, dated) To back out in a mean way.
12. A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.

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Examples of Using SQUAWK in a Sentence

• The American Dialect Society had a number of related terms for word of the year nominations in 2004, including Janet moment ("unplanned bodily exposure at a public function"), boobgate ("scandal over Janet Jackson's exposed breast"), nipplegate (like boobgate, "but used earlier in squawk over Jackson's possible nipple ring"), and wardrobe malfunction ("overexposure in a mammary way").
• The Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa), also called the bimaculate duck or squawk duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia.
• Yearwood's voice is thinner and more pliable than Ronstadt's, but both resort to a hearty squawk when passion takes them over, and both possess low honey tones.
• Guided by stuttering, synthetic percussion and a guitar line reminiscent of the Edge's postmodern squawk on U2's "The Fly," "2001" was simultaneously one of the album's coolest and craziest songs.
• It has a method to enter the four-digit transponder code, also known as a beacon code or squawk code, and a control to transmit an ident, which is done at the controller's request (see SPI pulse below).
• The call of the sisserou resides in the higher frequencies, a loud and even "squeaky" mix between shriek, squawk, and trill.
• Squawk thus can be said to mean "select transponder code" or "squawking xxxx" to mean "I have selected transponder code xxxx".
• Visitors were greeted with loud barking, hearty mewing and the occasional bloodcurdling squawk from her parrot (donated by a family in Indonesia).

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