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Meanings of
howl
in English
Russian
вой
Portuguese
ulular
Spanish
aullo
Catalan
udol
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Animal sound.
howling
ululation
howling sound
Russian
вой
Portuguese
rugir
Catalan
ulular
Spanish
gemir
Back to the meaning
Emit long loud cries.
roar
wail
yawl
ululate
yaup
Portuguese
rugir
Synonyms
Examples for "
roar
"
roar
wail
yawl
ululate
yaup
Examples for "
roar
"
1
May be seen;
roar
;
will be appointed; have flown; has been recommended.
2
We'd hear that bullish
roar
across the school fields behind our house.
3
Over the
roar
,
she didn't think Amos heard Fayez say, All right.
4
The
roar
of escaping gas was heard in Munroville, five miles distant.
5
I heard the
roar
of the guns when out in the hills.
1
Told that journalists didn't consider it news, he would
wail
,
Why not?
2
The lost float up in shadowy forms, and
wail
in whispered despair.
3
A woman's heart throbbed in the lilt and broke in the
wail
.
4
Fitfully the words came on the wind, in an almost heart-breaking
wail
:
5
For a second, Willy heard the ghostly
wail
of her daughter's voice.
1
The other
yawl
and its tackle roll and creak in the gale.
2
Everybody in the
yawl
was eagerly looking after the form of Tier.
3
Then the men stop rowing and the
yawl
drifts with the current.
4
But it is incredible that any more should get in the
yawl
.
5
The English had the
yawl
,
and the launch had been driven away.
1
They chant, sing and
ululate
their praise -usually segregated from male supporters.
2
The others, women and their young, began to
ululate
.
3
Lucia and I added a little flourish by trying to
ululate
like we had seen our mothers do.
4
And then it was over, and she knew she'd passed her trial when the women began to
ululate
.
5
Such tasks, it says, can include collecting stones or threshing wheat while others sing, read recite poetry or
ululate
.
1
Emerson believes in him; Lowell not at all; Longfellow finds some good in his
'
yaup
;
'
but the truth is, he is in an amorphous condition.
2
"Hold your
yaup
,
"
cried another boy, standing by; "if you don't like your bet, Hen Billings, I'll take it off your hands."
Portuguese
vociferar
Catalan
ulular
Spanish
rugir
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Cry loudly, as of animals.
yowl
yammer
wrawl
Portuguese
vociferar
Usage of
howl
in English
1
Soon afterward, a flash and
howl
spoke eloquently of interesting events outside.
2
No; its repetition told us what it
was
-
the
howl
of the prairie-wolf.
3
But the boys in khaki jam the theater and
howl
their approval.
4
That said, they're also going to
howl
if it's just boringly rote.
5
The work is the Australian composer's
howl
of rage at environmental destruction.
6
They knew that the
howl
was a bad sign; but neither spoke.
7
A
howl
of panic terror from the youth interrupted the solemn incantation.
8
One I hadn't used in two years, except to
howl
and growl.
9
The sky darkened, and the wind began to
howl
through the forest.
10
Suddenly in the distance a pariah dog gave a prolonged melancholy
howl
.
11
He fell back with a
howl
with both stumps in the air.
12
The soundtrack could only be heard as a single, long, piercing
howl
.
13
A second
howl
burst out of the night causing her to flinch.
14
I told the sergeant-CaptainHahn broke in with something like a
howl
.
15
She lets out an abysmal
howl
that lasts for over 40 minutes.
16
He shuddered luxuriously at the
howl
and rattle of the wind without.
Other examples for "howl"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
howl
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
howl in
long howl
give a howl
mournful howl
hear the howl
More collocations
Translations for
howl
Russian
вой
Portuguese
ulular
uivar
uivo
uivado
rugir
bramir
mugir
vociferar
gritar
Spanish
aullo
aullido
otilación
otilacion
gemir
aullar de risa
reir a carcajadas
rugir
chillar
Catalan
udol
esgarip
ulular
udolar
bramar
bramular
gemir
vociferar
bruelar
gemegar
roncar
lamentar-se
esgaripar
ganyolar
esgargamellar-se
xisclar
bagolar
Howl
through the time
Howl
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common