yowl
Valid in Scrabble
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- 10
- Letters
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Definition of yowl
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
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noun
- A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
verb
- (intransitive)Utter a yowl.
- (transitive)Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.
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Etymology
From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”),…
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From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), dialectal Swedish gjöla, Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), Shetlandic Scots gjol. Initial y- possibly influenced by Middle English yollen, yellen (“to yell”).
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