yowl
to utter a long, distressful or dismal cry, as an animal or a person; howl.
a yowling cry; a howl.
Origin of yowl
1Words Nearby yowl
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How to use yowl in a sentence
Here he slept very comfortably until noon, and then the familiar 'yowl-yowl' awakened him.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandThey galloped away, and the 'yowl-yowl' of the pack died away over the moor.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandHippity-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.
Prince Jan, St. Bernard | Forrestine C. HookerWell, 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!
Hoosier Mosaics | Maurice ThompsonThen he gave a yowl which rang through the schoolroom, providing exhilarating diversion to two hundred lifted heads.
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British Dictionary definitions for yowl
/ (jaʊl) /
to express with or produce a loud mournful wail or cry; howl
a loud mournful cry; wail or howl
Origin of yowl
1Derived forms of yowl
- yowler, noun
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