quawk

Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.

Noun

Of birds, to give loud, harsh vocalisations.
- […] they were rejoiced to see one of the two lost nestlings sitting on the window ledge near his old home. […] "I have much to tell, father," said the young one; "but I am so exhausted, my food having been of the...
- The old crows quawked for men had cut / Among the oak wood trees. - 1964, John Clare, The Later Poems of John Clare, page 203:
- How often, at an outdoor barbecue, or when having drinks on the terrace after some Washington dinner party, have I heard, above the buzz of conversation, night herons quawking overhead on their way from Rock Creek...