catcall
Rude street shout
A catcall is a loud whistle, shout, or remark directed at someone in public, typically a man calling out to a woman on the street.
Catcalls are usually sexual in nature and unwelcome: She ignored the catcalls from the construction workers.
The term also covers jeers or boos from an audience expressing disapproval: The politician was greeted with catcalls.
Harass a performer verbally
- mockScornful imitation or fake
- tauntInsulting provocation
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- booShout to startle or jeer
hoot · jibe · sneer · derision · scorn · taunting · jeering · mockery
Unwanted public verbal intrusion
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- misogynyHostility toward women
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
disrespect · leering · unwelcome · degrading · humiliation · threatening · power imbalance · predatory
Shout to startle or jeer
Bronx cheer · audience · theater · performance · crowd · displeasure · heckling · booing
heckle
Harass a performer verbally
boo · hoot · jibe · sneer · derision · scorn · taunting · jeering · mockery · insult
street harassment
Unwanted public verbal intrusion
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- misogynyHostility toward women
- sexismGender-based prejudice
intimidation · disrespect · leering · unwelcome · degrading · humiliation · threatening · power imbalance · predatory · hostile
boo
Shout to startle or jeer
raspberry · Bronx cheer · audience · theater · performance · crowd · displeasure · heckling · booing · showering
wolf whistle
Lewd whistled come-on
- attention soundsahem, hey, pssst, psst, yo
- audience behaviorcheering, clapping, booing, standing ovation, applause
- criescry, scream, shout, yell, wail
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- complaintscomplaint, complain, complaints, complaint form, complaint letter
- crowd soundsapplause, boo, booing, boos, cheer
catcallapplause
Collective hand-clapping approval
cheer · standing ovation · ovation · clapping · cheering