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yell
[yel] 
,–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to cry out or speak with a strong, loud, clear sound; shout: He always yells when he is angry. |
| 2. | to scream with pain, fright, etc. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to utter or tell by yelling: to yell an order to the troops. |
–noun
| 4. | a cry uttered by yelling. |
| 5. | a cheer or shout of fixed words or syllables, as one adopted by a school or college to encourage a team. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; (v.) ME yellen, OE gellan, giellan; c. G gellen to resound, D gillen; akin to OE galan to sing (see nightingale ); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.
bef. 1000; (v.) ME yellen, OE gellan, giellan; c. G gellen to resound, D gillen; akin to OE galan to sing (see nightingale ); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.
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| yell (yěl) v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v. intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v. tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n.
[Middle English yellen, from Old English giellan, gellan; see ghel-1 in Indo-European roots.] yell'er n. |
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Yell
Yell\ (y[e^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.] [OE. yellen, [yogh]ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. g["a]lla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.] To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. --Chaucer. Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. --Spenser. Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. --Milton.Yell
Yell\, v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. --Shak.Yell
Yell\, n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin. --J. Philips.
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Language Translation for : yell
Spanish:
grito, alarido,
German:
gellender Schrei,
Japanese:
叫び声
yell (v.)
O.E. gellan (Mercian), giellan (W.Saxon), class III strong verb (past tense geal, pp. gollen), from P.Gmc. *gelnanan (cf. O.N. gjalla "to resound," M.Du. ghellen, Du. gillen, O.H.G. gellan, Ger. gellen "to yell"), extended form of root of O.E. galan "to sing" (source of the -gale in nightingale); from PIE *ghel- "to cry out, shout, sing." The noun is c.1375 in Scot., from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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