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squawk (v.)
1821, probably of imitative origin (compare dialectal Italian
squacco
"small crested heron"). Related:
Squawked
;
squawking
.
Squawk-box
"loud-speaker" is from 1945.
squawk (n.)
1850, from
squawk
(v.).
