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adjectivesquawky (comparative squawkier, superlative squawkiest)
comparative squawkier · superlative squawkiest
- Resembling a squawk; raw and grating
It’s impossible to find the center of a Hella song, which explodes in multidirectional streaks of percussion and squawky guitar like a Jackson Pollock painting.
2007 March 30, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times - Making squawking sounds.
a squawky chicken
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelike the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg
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