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yelling

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yell  \Yell\  (y[e^]l),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Yelled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Yelling}.]  [OE.  yellen,  [yogh]ellen,  AS  giellan  gillan, 
  gyllan  akin  to  D.  gillen,  OHG.  gellan,  G.  gellen,  Icel. 
  gjalla  Sw  g["a]lla  to  ring,  resound,  and  to  AS.,  OS.,  & 
  OHG.  galan  to  sing,  Icel.  gala.  Cf  1st  {Gale},  and 
  {Nightingale}.] 
  To  cry  out  or  shriek,  with  a  hideous  noise;  to  cry  or  scream 
  as  with  agony  or  horror. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  yelling 
  adj  :  noisy  with  or  as  if  with  loud  cries  and  shouts;  "a  crying 
  mass  of  rioters";  "a  howling  wind";  "shouting  fans"; 
  "the  yelling  fiend"  [syn:  {crying},  {howling},  {shouting}] 
  n  :  uttering  a  loud  inarticulate  cry  as  of  pain  or  excitement 
  [syn:  {shouting}]




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