Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to squawk
Participle: squawked
Gerund: squawking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | squawk |
| you | squawk |
| he;she;it | squawks |
| we | squawk |
| you | squawk |
| they | squawk |
Perfect
| I | have squawked |
| you | have squawked |
| he;she;it | has squawked |
| we | have squawked |
| you | have squawked |
| they | have squawked |
Past
| I | squawked |
| you | squawked |
| he;she;it | squawked |
| we | squawked |
| you | squawked |
| they | squawked |
Pluperfect
| I | had squawked |
| you | had squawked |
| he;she;it | had squawked |
| we | had squawked |
| you | had squawked |
| they | had squawked |
Future
| I | will squawk |
| you | will squawk |
| he;she;it | will squawk |
| we | will squawk |
| you | will squawk |
| they | will squawk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have squawked |
| you | will have squawked |
| he;she;it | will have squawked |
| we | will have squawked |
| you | will have squawked |
| they | will have squawked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | squawk |
| you | squawk |
| he;she;it | squawk |
| we | squawk |
| you | squawk |
| they | squawk |
Perfect
| I | have squawked |
| you | have squawked |
| he;she;it | have squawked |
| we | have squawked |
| you | have squawked |
| they | have squawked |
Imperfect
| I | squawked |
| you | squawked |
| he;she;it | squawked |
| we | squawked |
| you | squawked |
| they | squawked |
Pluperfect
| I | had squawked |
| you | had squawked |
| he;she;it | had squawked |
| we | had squawked |
| you | had squawked |
| they | had squawked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would squawk |
| you | would squawk |
| he;she;it | would squawk |
| we | would squawk |
| you | would squawk |
| they | would squawk |
Perfect
| I | would have squawked |
| you | would have squawked |
| he;she;it | would have squawked |
| we | would have squawked |
| you | would have squawked |
| they | would have squawked |
Imperative
| you | squawk |
| we | Let's squawk |
| you | squawk |
Verbs conjugated like 'squawk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'squawk'
squawl,
quack,
squab,
squad,
squail,
squall,
square,
squash,
squat,
squeak,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1821. Unknown, but probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian squacco (“small-crested heron”) and English quack). See: English '
quack'.
Sample Sentences
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The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance. [1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:]
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"I'll slit your throat if you squawk on us," Krantz threatened. [1948, Andrew Geer, The Sea Chase, page 68:]
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That way, if you type = instead of ==, the compiler will squawk because you can't assign something to a constant. [1993, Steve Maguire, Writing Solid Code:]
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You want the compiler to squawk if you try to instantiate for a type that doesn't implement IPrioritizable. [2013, Bill Sempf, Chuck Sphar, Stephen R. Davis, C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies:]
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After discovering that the hydraulic system is faulty, the pilots squawked 7700 and declared mayday.