Squawk and Assert

noun

• The noise of squawking.
  • usage: "she awoke to the squawk of chickens"; "the squawk of car horns"
• Informal terms for objecting.
  • usage: "I have a gripe about the service here"
  • synonyms: gripe, kick, beef, bitch

verb

• Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
  • synonyms: screak, skreak, skreigh, screech
• Complain.
  • usage: "What was he hollering about"
  • synonyms: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, bellyache, holler

• (n.) Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.
• (v.i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.
• (n.) The American night heron. See under Night.

verb

• State categorically.
  • synonyms: asseverate, maintain
• To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
  • usage: "Before God I swear I am innocent"
  • synonyms: affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear
• Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.
  • usage: "Women should assert themselves more"
  • synonyms: put forward
• Assert to be true.
  • usage: "The letter asserts a free society"
  • synonyms: insist

• (v.t.) To maintain; to defend.
• (v.t.) To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
• (v.t.) To affirm; to declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.