catcall

“Every time I would skate, people would catcall us or yell at us to do a kickflip,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

About 6,000 people jammed the Civic Auditorium to cheer, boo, catcall and heckle.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2020

While I usually give catcallers a piece of my mind, this didn’t feel like a normal catcall and it just didn’t feel appropriate to go off on him.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2018

The popular question this week was whether Smart might hear boos from those who felt betrayed, and as the coach walked out of the tunnel for the first time, there was at least one catcall.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2017

These were cynical times, but no one risked a catcall.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

To wit, a man catcalls her as she walks past and she yells, “I object!”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

The catcalls came after frustrated ticketholders waited for hours in lines that stretched more than two blocks outside Madison Square Garden on Monday due to the intense security restrictions that came with the president's appearance.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

At times, the House floor seemed like the British Parliament, where catcalls and shouted insults from the opposing party are tradition.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

When the catcalls and chants rain down on Bregman or Altuve, it’s not because Philadelphia has some special, specific venom toward either of them.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

Mixed in with the applause, though, was a spattering of whistles and the stamping of feet, the European equivalents of catcalls and boos.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

That’s because unlike her experience with men, a bear has never harassed her, catcalled her, followed her, thrown a bottle at her or otherwise made her feel unsafe.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

I don't think the show has a goal of getting people excited about being catcalled as we know how frustrating, annoying and dangerous that could be.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023

In Memphis on Saturday, protesters chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!" angrily catcalled a police car that was monitoring the march, with several making obscene gestures.

From Reuters ● Jan. 28, 2023

"I have never been catcalled, but my friends have been and it isn't very nice," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2018

They whined it, they catcalled it, they shrieked it in falsetto imitation of Clarence's mother.

From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber

Police say harassment is anything that makes you feel uncomfortable or is inappropriate, such as staring, constant questioning or catcalling.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

“They were catcalling and whistling, and the crew all started doing versions of the dance. It sparked a lot of joy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025

Britain’s government said Friday that it was backing legislation to criminalize public sexual harassment, joining a handful of countries that have made specific offenses such as catcalling punishable by law.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

I once had a reviewer for an academic journal article I submitted about women's experiences with catcalling tell me to replace my use of "Latino" and "Latina" with "Latinx."

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2022

“Brocklehurst, Mandy” went to Ravenclaw too, but “Brown, Lavender” became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron’s twin brothers catcalling.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling