āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Catcall
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻŋ, āĻ āĻļā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯
a sexually suggestive or insulting whistle, shout, or comment directed at someone in public
Disapproving
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Catcalls from strangers made her feel uncomfortable and unsafe.
āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻļāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻŋ, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ°
a shout expressing disapproval, made at a public event or performance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Catcalls broke out when the politician avoided the question.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ ā§āĨ¤
to catcall
01
āĻ¯ā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a loud, publicly directed comment, whistle, or shout intended to harass or draw sexual attention
Disapproving
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Men catcalled passersby near the market.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻĨāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
catcall
cat
call
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
