WRAWL

howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl

(verb) cry loudly, as of animals; “The coyotes were howling in the desert”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

wrawl (third-person singular simple present wrawls, present participle wrawling, simple past and past participle wrawled)

(obsolete, intransitive) To cry like a cat; to waul.

Source: Wiktionary


Wrawl, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Dan. vraale, Sw. vråla to brawl, to roar, Dan. vraal a bawling, roaring, vræle to cry, weep, whine.]

Definition: To cry, as a cat; to waul. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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