wauling

English

Verb

wauling

1. present participle and gerund of waul

Noun

wauling (plural waulings)

1. A plaintive cry or howl, as of a cat.
   • 2006, Kenneth Conibear, Northland Footprints:

     Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […]