caterwaul - n. 猫叫春声,像猫叫春的声音; v. 叫春,像猫叫春地叫;

• When they met in the middle, they spat and caterwauled and argued spitefully.
• At once she began to meouw and caterwaul with all her might.
• Caterwaul, therefore, is the wawl or wrawl of cats; the _er_ being either a plural, similar to "childer" (children), or a corrupted genitive.