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1. Utter a harsh abrupt scream
   - screak, skreak [non-standard], skreigh, screech
    
2. Complain
   "What was he squawking about?";
   - gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, bellyache, holler

1. The noise of squawking
   "she awoke to the squawk of chickens"; "the squawk of car horns"
    
2. A complaint; the act of complaining
   - gripe, kick, beef, bitch

Derived forms: squawks, squawked, squawking

Type of: call, complain, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], kick, kvetch [N. Amer], moan, noise, objection, plain [archaic], quetch, scream, shout, shout out, sound off, squall, yell

Encyclopedia: Squawk