squawk about

squawk about (someone or something)

1. To talk about something in a loud, grating, obnoxious manner. He's spent the last half an hour squawking about the new girl he's dating. A: "What's Mary squawking about now?" B: "Oh, she's off on some long-winded explanation of postmodernism."
2. To complain about something in a loud, grating, peevish manner. If I have to listen to him squawk about the election for the next hour, I'm going to scream.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

squawk about something

to complain about something. stop squawking about how much money you lost. I lost twice as much. What are you squawking about now?
See also: squawk
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • squawk about (someone or something)
  • be going great guns
  • if (one) is a day
  • if he is a day
  • if he's, she's, etc. a day
  • rattle off
  • snatching
  • cradle-snatching
  • dirt nap
  • French leave
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