"yowl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yowls [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊl 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”), 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|youlen}} Middle English youlen, {{der|en|non|gaula|t=to low, bellow, howl, scream}} Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), {{cog|is|gaula|t=to yell, howl, roar}} Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), {{cog|fo|geyla|t=to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow}} Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), {{cog|no|gaule|t=to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily}} Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), {{cog|sv|gjöla}} Swedish gjöla, {{cog|sco|gowl|t=to howl, yell, roar}} Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), {{cog|sco|gjol}} Scots gjol, {{ncog|enm|yollen}} Middle English yollen Head templates: {{en-noun}} yowl (plural yowls)
  1. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl. Categories (topical): Vocalizations Translations (loud cry): вой (voj) (Bulgarian), писък (pisǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), jank (Dutch), gejank (Dutch), ouveo [masculine] (Galician), argüido [masculine] (Galician), requeneo [masculine] (Galician), oulo [masculine] (Galician), uivo [masculine] (Galician), ღმული (ɣmuli) (Georgian), ყმუილი (q̇muili) (Georgian), uaill [feminine] (Irish), aullido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-yowl-en-noun-VWMxZYh8 Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 53 42 6

Verb

Forms: yowls [present, singular, third-person], yowling [participle, present], yowled [participle, past], yowled [past]
Rhymes: -aʊl 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”), 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|youlen}} Middle English youlen, {{der|en|non|gaula|t=to low, bellow, howl, scream}} Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), {{cog|is|gaula|t=to yell, howl, roar}} Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), {{cog|fo|geyla|t=to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow}} Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), {{cog|no|gaule|t=to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily}} Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), {{cog|sv|gjöla}} Swedish gjöla, {{cog|sco|gowl|t=to howl, yell, roar}} Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), {{cog|sco|gjol}} Scots gjol, {{ncog|enm|yollen}} Middle English yollen Head templates: {{en-verb}} yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)
  1. (intransitive) Utter a yowl. Tags: intransitive Translations (utter a yowl): вия (vija) (Bulgarian), пищя (pištja) (Bulgarian), janken (Dutch), ouvear (Galician), oular (Galician), uivar (Galician), maticar (Galician), ganir (Galician), jaulen (German), aullar (Spanish), tjuta (Swedish), yla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-yowl-en-verb-9HkTiYey Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 68 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 81 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 67 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 24 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 28 61 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 70 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 68 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 79 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 68 10 Disambiguation of 'utter a yowl': 92 8
  2. (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-yowl-en-verb-EdTWerPr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: yowler

Inflected forms

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        [
          "howl",
          "howl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "voj",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "word": "вой"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pisǎk",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "писък"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "word": "jank"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "word": "gejank"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ouveo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argüido"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "requeneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ɣmuli",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "word": "ღმული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇muili",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "word": "ყმუილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uaill"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loud cry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aullido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yowl"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊl",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊl/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "en:Vocalizations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "yowler"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "youlen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English youlen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "gaula",
        "t": "to low, bellow, howl, scream"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gaula",
        "t": "to yell, howl, roar"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "geyla",
        "t": "to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "gaule",
        "t": "to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gjöla"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish gjöla",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gowl",
        "t": "to howl, yell, roar"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gjol"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots gjol",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "yollen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English yollen",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yowls",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yowling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yowled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yowled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Utter a yowl."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Utter",
          "utter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) Utter a yowl."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Express by yowling; utter with a yowl."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vija",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "вия"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pištja",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "пищя"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "janken"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "ouvear"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "oular"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "uivar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "maticar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "ganir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "jaulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "aullar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "tjuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "utter a yowl",
      "word": "yla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yowl"
}

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