squalling

1. gerundparticiplepresentPresent participle and gerund of squall.

   Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.

   1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

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   Open carriages tend to be draughty and inadequately heated. The passenger in them has no escape from the annoyance of squalling babies, boisterous drunks, and riotous teddy-boys, who may be at the far end of the coach but whose din cannot be shut out.

   1959 February 28, “Letters to the Editor: Open-Type Coaches on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 135

plural squallings

1. countableuncountableThe act of one who squalls; a crying or wailing.

   “Cease thy squalling, thou shrew!”

   1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 88

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   But my attention was suddenly called from my own situation, by the most appalling shouts and squallings proceeding from the back of the carriage.

   1842, Blackwood's Magazine

   Synonyms: squallery