howl down

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verb

(tr, adverb) to prevent (a speaker) from being heard by shouting disapprovingly

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby howl down

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How to use howl down in a sentence

And he'd howl down the ro'd in a big cloud of dust, For he made it his brag he was allus there fust.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
Winter is upon us; the biting winds rattle our window-shutters and howl down our chimneys.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852.|Various
His fingers slipped, and with a last howl down he dropped, eight or ten feet, upon a bed of dry manure.
The Story Of Kennett|Bayard Taylor
They were paid by the popular favourite to howl down any likely rival.
The Intriguers|William Le Queux

Did you ever sing or howl down a rain barrel or into a long pipe or hallway and hear the sound?
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills