squawk
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: First attested in 1821. Unknown, but probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian squacco (“small-crested heron”) and English quack).
Inflected forms:
form: squawks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: squawks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: squawking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: squawk
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: squawk
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: squawk
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: squawkest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: squawkedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: squawks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: squawketh
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: squawk
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: squawk
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: squawk
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: squawking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: squawked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: A shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird. If made by a bird, it typically signals discomfort or anger; a yell, scream, or call.
pos: noun
gloss: A four-digit transponder code used by aircraft for identification or transmission of emergency signals.
pos: noun
gloss: A complaint or objection.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: That was the last roundup for McCutcheon’s Cresswell; it never moved from that field again. Not that there was any squawk from the landlord; the two of them owned it, of course.
gloss: An issue or complaint related to aircraft maintenance.
pos: noun
examples: We think instructors should stress the importance of writeups on all maintenance squawks after the completion of each flight. More important, something should be done by the aircraft operator to correct such squawks.
gloss: The American night heron.
pos: noun
gloss: A warning message indicating a possible error.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: The function-hiding code above, for instance, goes through a different (but widely used) compiler with nary a squawk.
gloss: To make a squawking noise; to yell, scream, or call out shrilly.
pos: verb
examples: The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
gloss: To speak out; to protest.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
gloss: To report an infraction; to rat on or tattle; to disclose a secret.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: "I'll slit your throat if you squawk on us," Krantz threatened.
gloss: To produce a warning message, indicating a possible error.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: That way, if you type = instead of ==, the compiler will squawk because you can't assign something to a constant.
You want the compiler to squawk if you try to instantiate for a type that doesn't implement IPrioritizable.
gloss: To set or transmit a four-digit transponder code. (Normally followed by the specific code in question.)
pos: verb
examples: After discovering that the hydraulic system is faulty, the pilots squawked 7700 and declared mayday.
gloss: To back out in a mean way.
pos: verb
tags: US
dated
slang
Derived words: antisquawk
squawk book
squawk box
squawk duck
squawk sheet
squawky
outsquawk
squawker
squawkingly
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