OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 41558

catcall

/ˈkætkɔl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abucheo • rechifla
A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
There, amid the curses and catcalls of sweaty beer drinkers, the tour's headliners are set to engage in a hallowed feminist ritual:
piropo
A shout, whistle, or comment of a harassingly sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman.
In the Room for Debate forum Stopping Street Harassment, the editors ask four people to weigh in on the question, Should current laws dealing with harassment be strengthened to inc…
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📚 verb • entry_id 41559

catcall

/ˈkætkɔl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abuchear • cuerdear • piropear • rechiflar
To make such an exclamation.
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…
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