caterwauling

noun

1. (form-of, gerund)gerund of caterwaul: a sound that caterwauls.

   “VVhy, here is nothing in the vvorld in this houſe but catter-vvavvling from morning till night, nothing but catter-vvavvling. Hoity toity! vvho have vve here?”

   “Now, I like a good tune what is a tune; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear the old barn door at home squeak any day.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of caterwaul