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# squalling

«squalling» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cry or scream loudly and harshly, the way a baby or an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (squall, squalls, squalled, squalling)

### meaning for a pupil

To squall is to cry or scream loudly and harshly, the way a baby or an angry animal does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squalling/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a person who is upset or hurt makes a loud, shrill cry, often complaining about something

### examples

- The baby began squalling as soon as the lights went out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squalling/#x1)
- The cat squalled when the dog came near. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squalling/#x2)
- She stopped squalling and wiped her eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squalling/#x3)
- He squalled with pain after he fell off the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squalling/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squalling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squalling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.