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SQUAWKER

Dictionary entry overview: What does squawker mean?

• SQUAWKER (noun)
The noun SQUAWKER has 2 senses:

1. a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
2. the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system

Familiarity information: SQUAWKER used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SQUAWKER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

squawker; sniveller; moaner; grumbler; whiner; complainer; bellyacher; crybaby

Hypernyms ("squawker" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squawker"):

kvetch ((Yiddish) a constant complainer)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

intercom speaker; squawk box; squawker

Hypernyms ("squawker" is a kind of...):

loudspeaker; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system; speaker unit (electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance)

Holonyms ("squawker" is a part of...):

intercom; intercommunication system (a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc)

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