YOWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yowl mean? 

• YOWL (noun)
  The noun YOWL has 1 sense:

1. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

  Familiarity information: YOWL used as a noun is very rare.

• YOWL (verb)
  The verb YOWL has 2 senses:

1. cry loudly, as of animals

2. utter shrieks, as of cats

  Familiarity information: YOWL used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YOWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bellow; bellowing; holla; holler; hollering; hollo; holloa; roar; roaring; yowl

Context example:

his bellow filled the hallway

Hypernyms ("yowl" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

yowl (utter shrieks, as of cats)

yowl (cry loudly, as of animals)

• YOWL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they yowl    ... he / she / it yowls   
Past simple: yowled   
Past participle: yowled   
-ing form: yowling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cry loudly, as of animals

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

howl; wrawl; yammer; yowl

Context example:

The coyotes were howling in the desert

Hypernyms (to "yowl" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

You can hear animals yowl in the meadows
The meadows yowl with animals

Derivation:

yowl (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter shrieks, as of cats

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

caterwaul; yowl

Hypernyms (to "yowl" is one way to...):

pipe; pipe up; shriek; shrill (utter a shrill cry)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

yowl (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

 Context examples 

I count them not a fly, cried Hordle John; for who is the better for all their whipping and yowling?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)