catcall

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• General-American: /ˈkætkɔl/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 T K AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in the mid-17th c., from the resemblance to cats' nocturnal cries. From cat + call.

Short for change availability or type + call.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: освиркване (osvirkvane) — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Bulgarian: дюдюкане (djudjukane) — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Catalan: xiulada — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Chinese Mandarin: 噓聲 /嘘声 (xūshēng) — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Dutch: boegeroep — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Dutch: fluitconcert — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Finnish: buuaus — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Finnish: pilkka — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Finnish: vihellys — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Galician: apupo — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• German: Buhruf — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• German: Schmähruf — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• German: Pfiff — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• German: Auspfeifen — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• German: Ausbuhen — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Hungarian: kifütyülés — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Portuguese: apupo (boo) — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Portuguese: assobiadela — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Portuguese: vaia — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Russian: освистывание (osvistyvanije) — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Spanish: rechifla — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Spanish: abucheo — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Swedish: burop — shout or whistle expressing dislike
• Chinese Mandarin: 性騷擾呼喊 /性骚扰呼喊 (xìngsāorǎo hūhǎn) — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Finnish: vihellys — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Finnish: viheltely — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Finnish: huutelu — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Galician: piropo — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• German: Hinterherpfeifen — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• German: Nachpfeifen — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Hungarian: (oda)füttyentés — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Hungarian: füttyögetés — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Hungarian: füttyögés — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Hungarian: kőművesfütty (nők után) — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Hungarian: utánafütyülés — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Portuguese: piropo — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Russian: приставание (pristavanije) — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Spanish: piropo — shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature
• Bulgarian: свиркам (svirkam) — make such an exclamation
• Bulgarian: освирквам (osvirkvam) — make such an exclamation
• Chinese Mandarin: 噓罵 /嘘骂 — make such an exclamation
• Finnish: viheltää — make such an exclamation
• Finnish: huudella — make such an exclamation
• Galician: apupar — make such an exclamation
• Galician: botar piropos — make such an exclamation
• German: buhen — make such an exclamation
• German: ausbuhen — make such an exclamation
• German: pfeifen — make such an exclamation
• German: auspfeifen — make such an exclamation
• German: nachpfeifen — make such an exclamation
• Hungarian: (oda)füttyent — make such an exclamation
• Hungarian: füttyöget — make such an exclamation
• Hungarian: füttyög (nők után) — make such an exclamation
• Russian: освистать (osvistatʹ) — make such an exclamation
• Russian: освистывать (osvistyvatʹ) — make such an exclamation
• Spanish: rechiflar — make such an exclamation
• Spanish: abuchear — make such an exclamation
• Spanish: piropear — make such an exclamation
• Spanish: cuerdear — make such an exclamation
• Spanish: chulear — make such an exclamation
• Swedish: bua — make such an exclamation