cats' concert

Definitions

1. 1

   The cacophony of meows, hisses, and other vocalizations that cats make during a period of…

   The cacophony of meows, hisses, and other vocalizations that cats make during a period of social interaction.

   • A cats' concert, usually a nocturnal event, is a discordant din, and caterwauling, from Middle English and Middle Dutch words meaning "tomcat" and "wailing," came by the 14th century to mean the ugliest of feline noises.
   • The feral Siamese have been holding a cats' concert in the night, a maniacal caterwauling that sends a shiver down the spine of every vertebrate on the island, whether quick or dead.
2. 2

   Any confusing or intolerable combination of voices.

   • At first I was reminded of the days of my childhood, when for our amusement each selected his or her own tune, and then, at a given signal, all struck up at once, each maintaining his own - we called them "cats' concerts".

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