squawky
adjEtymology From squawk + -y.
1
Of a sound Resembling a squawk; raw and grating
- It’s impossible to find the center of a Hella song, which explodes in multidirectional streaks of percussion and squawky guitar like a Jackson Pollock painting.2007 March 30, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
2
Making squawking sounds.
- a squawky chicken
- Derived terms
- squawkily, squawkiness