yowl

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English yollen, past participle of yellen (“to yell”). More at yell, yollen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊl

Noun

yowl (plural yowls)

1. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

Translations

loud cry

• Dutch: jank (nl), gejank (nl)
• Galician: ouveo m, argüido m, requeneo m, oulo m, uivo m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: ღმული (ɣmuli), ყმუილი (q̇muili)
• Spanish: aullido (es) m

Verb

yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)

1. (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
2. (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

Derived terms

• yowler

Translations

utter a yowl

• Dutch: janken (nl)
• Galician: ouvear (gl), oular, uivar, maticar, ganir
• German: jaulen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: aullar (es)
• Swedish: tjuta (sv), yla (sv)

Anagrams

• Lowy, owly