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catcall
Example Sentences
The drug dealing and loitering continued along with catcalls to female passersby.
I braced myself for scornful looks, maybe even shrieks and catcalls, possibly even a fight—but no one noticed, except for a jerk in a Subaru who shot me a disapproving smirk.
Some folks say Emmett whistled at Carolyn as a manner of catcall, expressing his admiration.
The soldier, addressed put a finger to the sound side of his mouth and uttered a catcall.
The essayist, however, is disposed to hold that the catcall is originally a piece of English music.
The conveyance of a catcall to the theatre evidences a predisposition to uproarious censure.
He found that antiquaries were much divided in opinion as to the origin of the catcall.
She smiled as she heard the shrill catcall of a lad in Forsyth Street.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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