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Meanings of howl in English

Russian
вой
Portuguese
ulular
Spanish
aullo
Catalan
udol
Wikidata

Animal sound.

        вой
        Portuguese
        rugir
        Catalan
        ulular
        Spanish
        gemir

        Emit long loud cries.

              rugir
              Portuguese
              vociferar
              Catalan
              ulular
              Spanish
              rugir

              Cry loudly, as of animals.

                    vociferar
                    Synonyms
                    Examples for "yowl"
                    Examples for "yowl"
                    1
                    Yet he kept thinking of that yowl he'd heard in the night.
                    The drawing of the three
                    2
                    How on earth did you manage that, I hear you collectively yowl.
                    The South African
                    3
                    The fetch let out another shrieking yowl and bounded almost straight up.
                    Proven guilty
                    4
                    The boy from the North End let out a yowl of pain.
                    The Court of Boyville
                    5
                    Then it gave a fearful yowl, and bounded out of the door.
                    Rilla of Ingleside
                    1
                    Richie stretched out as far as he could, hearing It scream and yammer.
                    IT
                    2
                    They could hear the constant mayoral yammer through his office door.
                    The new yorker
                    3
                    His ears filled with the screech and yammer of many rats.
                    Night Shift
                    4
                    It remembered a hunt long past-theyammer of hounds as it fled mounted archers.
                    Wizardborn
                    5
                    He was meditating these things when a shrill yammer recalled him to the house.
                    Where the Blue Begins
                    Usage of howl in English
                    1
                    Soon afterward, a flash and howl spoke eloquently of interesting events outside.
                    Surrender to the will of the night
                    2
                    No; its repetition told us what it was-thehowl of the prairie-wolf.
                    The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
                    3
                    But the boys in khaki jam the theater and howl their approval.
                    The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
                    4
                    That said, they're also going to howl if it's just boringly rote.
                    Wired
                    5
                    The work is the Australian composer's howl of rage at environmental destruction.
                    Radio NZ
                    6
                    They knew that the howl was a bad sign; but neither spoke.
                    The Boy Hunters
                    7
                    A howl of panic terror from the youth interrupted the solemn incantation.
                    Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
                    8
                    One I hadn't used in two years, except to howl and growl.
                    Lone Wolf
                    9
                    The sky darkened, and the wind began to howl through the forest.
                    Glen of the High North
                    10
                    Suddenly in the distance a pariah dog gave a prolonged melancholy howl.
                    Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
                    11
                    He fell back with a howl with both stumps in the air.
                    The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"
                    12
                    The soundtrack could only be heard as a single, long, piercing howl.
                    Proven guilty
                    13
                    A second howl burst out of the night causing her to flinch.
                    Night of Knives
                    14
                    I told the sergeant-CaptainHahn broke in with something like a howl.
                    Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
                    15
                    She lets out an abysmal howl that lasts for over 40 minutes.
                    The Guardian
                    16
                    He shuddered luxuriously at the howl and rattle of the wind without.
                    Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
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                    Translations for howl
                    Russian
                    вой
                    Howl through the time
                    Howl across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    Ireland
                    Less common