noun
yowl
Yowl (noun) means a prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
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A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
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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”), 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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"yowl" (noun) means a prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.