subs. (colloquial).—1. A harsh noise or voice: also as verb.
1856. WHITCHER, The Widow Bedott Papers, 208. The way she SQUAWKED it out was a caution to old gates on a windy day!
1861. C. READE, The Cloister and the Hearth, xxvi. Gerard gave a little SQUAWK, and put his fingers in his ears.
2. (American).—A bad failure.
