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ululated

  • past participle
    of ululate.
    ululate
    verb (used without object)
    to howl, as a coyote or wolf, or to hoot, as an owl.
  • past tense form
    of ululate.
    ululate
    verb (used without object)
    to howl, as a coyote or wolf, or to hoot, as an owl.

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Women wearing beads, skirts and hats ululated and sang Zulu hymns and slogans as they awaited the arrival of the new king.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022

Who knew that Martians, inside monstrous tripodal machines taller than many buildings, actually ululated, that they made eerily haunting "ulla, ulla, ulla, ulla" sounds?

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2021

Women ululated and cried tears of joy, muttering prayers of thanksgiving.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2012

Over an alien procession of sonorous percussion, tart winds and tremulous strings that blur into quarter-tones, the soprano Susan Narucki trilled, ululated and sang in French and an invented tongue.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2010

The moment each woman guest arrived in the yard, and before she reached the door, she ululated, making a loud trilling sound, to announce that she shared our joy.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

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