noun🔗ShareA shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo."The comedian rushed off stage after being met with a storm of catcalls from the unhappy audience. "attitudesoundsocietycommunicationactionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman."Walking down the street, Maria ignored the rude catcalls from the construction workers. "communicationculturesexsocietyattitudeactionhumanwordsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval."The actor paused, visibly upset, as the boos and catcalls from the audience grew louder after he forgot his lines. "cultureentertainmentsoundcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make such an exclamation."As the actress walked onto the stage, some audience members catcalled her, making unwanted and disrespectful noises. "communicationsoundactionsocietycultureexclamationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIn the Eiffel programming language, a run-time error caused by use of the wrong data type."In his Eiffel program, frequent catcalls relating to integer division were traced back to using real numbers where integer values were expected. "computingtechnicaltypelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
