YELLS

Noun

yells

plural of yell

Verb

yells

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yell

Anagrams

• Lyles, selly

Source: Wiktionary


YELL

Yell, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.] Etym: [OE. yellen, , AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. gälla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.]

Definition: 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.

Yell, v. t.

Definition: To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. Shak.

Yell, n.

Definition: A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin. J. Philips.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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