Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm.
- intransitive verb To utter or express with a loud cry.
- noun A loud cry; a shout.
- noun A cheer uttered or chanted in unison.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
yeld . - To cry out with a sharp, loud noise; shriek; cry or scream as with agony, horror, or ferocity.
- To utter with a yell.
- Dialectal forms of ale, ale-house.
- noun A sharp, loud outcry; a scream or cry suggestive of horror, distress, agony, or ferocity.
- noun Specifically
- noun A call or cry peculiar to a special body of persons: as, a class yell; the yell of Columbia, 91.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
- transitive verb To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.
- noun A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
- verb transitive To convey by shouting.
- noun A
shout . - adjective Ulster
dry (of cow)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb utter a sudden loud cry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- verb utter or declare in a very loud voice
- noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If you want to be in the arena, get in the damn arena stop using a megaphone to yell from the crowd.
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And some fans, some members of her team were wonderfully supportive of her, knew what she was doing was hard and that it took a lot of courage, but there were others that certainly looked at her as a sort of novelty act and would yell from the stands, why dont you go home and fix your husband some biscuits?
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You have to offer ideas and not just yell from the toilets of your RVs. michael armstrong sr.
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"It's really hard to yell from the dugout," Maddon said afterward.
Baseball playoffs marked by bad umpiring so far Cindy Boren 2010
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Why I'm going to scream and yell is because they don't answer questions that are asked of them but answer what ever they want.
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So occupied were we with our paddling, our eyes fixed upon the other bank, that we knew nothing until aroused by a yell from the shore.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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Apple tries to offer songs over a mobile network - more convenience for consumers, and likely much more revenue for the record companies - and the first thing they yell is “only if you pay me more”!
Apple Wants More Mobile Music From Labels - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I yell from the bow, stabbing the water with a draw stroke.
T. 2006
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All you can yell is Hitler, Hitler, Hitler with a smattering of anti white and anti God commentary.
Think Progress » Former 9/11 Commissioner slams Coulter. 2006
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This way, the next time you feel like you might blow, you can yell the code word instead.
I Hate Being That Mom jodifur 2008
yarb commented on the word yell
'His raving yells, his sobbing and his quarrels
obliged us to commit him to "The Laurels".'
- Peter Reading, Commitment, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981
June 29, 2008