catcall

See also: cat-call

Contents

English

Etymology

cat +‎ call

Noun

catcall (plural catcalls)

1. A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
2. A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward women
3. (historical) A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval.

Translations

shout or whistle expressing dislike

• Bulgarian: освиркване (bg) (osvirkvane), дюдюкане (bg) (djudjukane)
• Catalan: xiulada (ca) f
• German: Buhruf (de) m, Schmähruf m, Pfiff (de) m, Auspfeifen n, Ausbuhen n
• Hungarian: kifütyülés (hu)

• Russian: освистывание (ru) n (osvistyvanije)
• Spanish: rechifla (es) f (whistle), abucheo (es) m (shout)
• Swedish: burop n (shout)

A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward women

• Russian: приставать (ru) (pristavatʹ)

Verb

catcall (third-person singular simple present catcalls, present participle catcalling, simple past and past participle catcalled)

1. To make such an exclamation.
   • 2007 April 1, Ada Calhoun, “Up Front”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     When Susan Seligson thinks about breasts — and, since she’s a DDD-endowed (touché) middle-aged woman who’s been groped and catcalled her whole life, that’s often, too — she thinks about ... her own DDDs.

Translations

to make such an exclamation

• Bulgarian: свиркам (bg) (svirkam), освирквам (osvirkvam)
• German: buhen (de), ausbuhen (de), pfeiffen, auspfeiffen
• Russian: освистать (ru) (osvistatʹ), освистывать (ru) (osvistyvatʹ)

• Spanish: rechiflar (es) (whistle), abuchear (es) (shout)
• Swedish: bua (sv) (shout)