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YELLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yelled mean? 

YELLED (adjective)
  The adjective YELLED has 1 sense:

1. in a vehement outcryplay

  Familiarity information: YELLED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In a vehement outcry

Synonyms:

shouted; yelled

Context example:

his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises

Similar:

loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)


 Context examples 


‘It’s a lie!’ he yelled. ‘Come up and look!’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Smoked! Smoked, by Gad!” they yelled.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now then; one, two, three—— “Fire!” we all yelled.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"How about the United States?" a man yelled from the audience.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Suddenly he yelled "Whoa!" at the dogs, and stopped.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He managed to struggle to his feet, and yelled out at them to have done with it and get it over.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With that he seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged until I yelled with the pain.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Rocks!” they yelled, stabbing into the air with their forefingers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We saw him approach her; and then, ma'am, she yelled and gave a spring, and the next minute she lay smashed on the pavement.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

As they passed over the hill the Hammer-Heads yelled with vexation, and shot their heads high in the air, but they could not reach the Winged Monkeys, which carried Dorothy and her comrades safely over the hill and set them down in the beautiful country of the Quadlings.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)



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