yowl
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aʊl
Noun edit
yowl (plural yowls)
Translations edit
loud cry
Verb edit
yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)
- (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
- (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
utter a yowl