wolf call
See also: wolfcall
English
Alternative forms
Noun
wolf call (plural wolf calls)
- Synonym of wolf whistle.
- 1979, Ella Leffland, Rumors of Peace, Perennial Library, published 1985, →ISBN, page 33:
- But most just bought picture postcards at Reed’s stationery to send home or walked around looking at girls. They made wolf calls at Karla.
- 2005, Janice Sims, “A Love Supreme”, in Can I get an Amen, BET, →ISBN, page 75:
- “How can you stand it? I know you hear their wolf calls. I know you notice how they leer at you.”
- 2008, Jennifer Youngblood, Sandra Poole, Stoney Creek, Alabama, Denver, Colo.: Mapletree Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 61:
- The foreman knocked once and then entered her office. Could it be? Yes, this was one of the men that had made wolf calls at her.
References
- “wolf call”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “wolf call”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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