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yowl
[ youl ]
verb (used without object)
- to utter a long, distressful or dismal cry, as an animal or a person; howl.
noun
- a yowling cry; a howl.
yowl
/ jaʊl /
verb
- to express with or produce a loud mournful wail or cry; howl
noun
- a loud mournful cry; wail or howl
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Derived Forms
- ˈyowler, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yowl1
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Example Sentences
Here he slept very comfortably until noon, and then the familiar 'yowl-yowl' awakened him.
They galloped away, and the 'yowl-yowl' of the pack died away over the moor.
Hippity-Hop gave a yowl of fear, and twisted to scratch Jan's eyes, but he gripped her firmly, though his teeth did not hurt her.
Well, jest as I was finished, and was a saying amen, the lordy mercy what a yowl something did give right over me in a tree!
Then he gave a yowl which rang through the schoolroom, providing exhilarating diversion to two hundred lifted heads.
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