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yowl

  [youl]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to utter a long, distressful or dismal cry, as an animal or a person; howl.
–noun
2. a yowling cry; a howl.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME yuhele, yule, youle, appar. from a cry of pain or distress yuhele; cf. OE geoh- (in geohthu grief)
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yowl   (youl)   
v.   yowled, yowl·ing, yowls

v.   intr.
To utter a long loud mournful cry; wail.
v.   tr.
To say or utter with a yowl.
n.  A long loud mournful cry; a wail.

[Middle English yowlen, probably of imitative origin .]
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Word Origin & History

yowl  (v.)
c.1225, yuhelen, probably of imitative origin. The noun is recorded from c.1450.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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