yowl
Plural: yowls
Noun
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
- A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
Verb
Verb Forms: yowled, yowling, yowls
- To utter a long, mournful, wailing cry.
- cry loudly, as of animals
- utter shrieks, as of cats
- Utter a yowl.
- Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.
Examples
- He would YOWL in mock despair whenever his Words With Friends opponent played a bingo.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
bellow, bellowing, caterwaul, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, howl, roar, roaring, wrawl, yammer
Scrabble Score: 10
yowl: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordyowl: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yowl: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary