(verb) to make a harsh cry / (verb) to protest or complain noisily
I’m happy to marvel at the billowing black noxious beauty of it, at the rib-cracking hacking, the caterwauling symphony of coughs and screams
something other than caterwauling masochism
assumed it meant careening
A caterwaul of laughter from the charade players made Crane wince humorously.
Muffled caterwauling came from the radio.