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auspfeifen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barrack noun A large, plain building used to house soldiers or other groups of people.
  • catcall noun A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.

Senses

auspfeifen is used for these senses in English:

  • barrack (British, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
  • catcall A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
  • catcall (transitive) To make such an exclamation.

barrack — full definition

  1. noun A large, plain building used to house soldiers or other groups of people.
  2. verb To house someone in a barrack, or to live in one.
  3. verb (chiefly British and Australian) To shout support for, or jeer at, a team or speaker.

catcall — full definition

  1. noun A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
  2. noun A shout, whistle, or comment of a harassingly sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman.
  3. noun A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval.

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