Yell

Definition of Yell

Pronunciation: yĕl
v. i.1.To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
[imp. & p. p. Yelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.]
They yelleden as feendes doon in helle.
- Chaucer.
Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.
- Spenser.
Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round
Environed thee; some howled, some yelled.
- Milton.
v. t.1.To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.
n.1.A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
Their hideous yells
Rend the dark welkin.
- J. Philips.

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