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[ yel ] SHOW IPA
/ yɛl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used without object) to cry out or speak with a strong, loud, clear sound; shout: He always yells when he is angry.
to scream with pain, fright, etc.
verb (used with object) to utter or tell by yelling: to yell an order to the troops.
noun a cry uttered by yelling.
a cheer or shout of fixed words or syllables, as one adopted by a school or college to encourage a team.
Origin of yell before 1000; (v.) Middle English yellen, Old English gellan, giellan; cognate with German gellen to resound, Dutch gillen; akin to Old English galan to sing (see nightingale); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM yell outyell, verb (used with object) Words nearby yell Yelets, Yelisavetgrad, Yelisavetpol, Yelizaveta Petrovna, yelk, yell , yellow, yellow alert, yellow archangel, yellow atrophy of liver, yellow avens
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Example sentences from the Web for yell They were across the street from a fire station, close enough for his daughter to yell for help.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans | Philip K. Howard| December 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Sometimes I want to yell , "STOP MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU."
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting | Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard| December 10, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The House freshman from Yell County is in a dead heat with Sen. Mark Pryor in the Arkansas Senate race.
The Wall Street Money Men Behind a Right-Wing Star | Patricia Murphy| September 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Giuliana has the thinnest body, but she eats, she really eats, so what the hell are you going to yell at her about?
Joan Rivers: Our Last Interview | Tim Teeman| September 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Then Stewart turned to criticize Palestinian militants, causing the correspondents to return and yell pro-Palestinian slogans.
How Jon Stewart Made It Okay to Care About Palestinian Suffering | Dean Obeidallah| July 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
When my lead dog found him, and raised the yell , all the rest broke to him, but none of them entered his house until we got up.
A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. | Davy Crockett
Harriet, you will have to provide the yell now that you have suggested it.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas | Janet Aldridge
Then his eyes suddenly fell on the flagstaff astern and he let out a yell of delight.
The Pirates of Shan | Harold Leland Goodwin
When one blow was harder than another a yell in proportion followed its infliction.
Sport in Abyssinia | Dermot Mayo
"They yell like so many devils," said John Kilburn; but he was not in the least disturbed by the howling.
Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for yell verb to shout, scream, cheer, or utter in a loud or piercing way
noun a loud piercing inarticulate cry, as of pain, anger, or fear
US and Canadian a rhythmic cry of words or syllables, used in cheering in unison
Derived forms of yell yeller , noun Word Origin for yell Old English giellan; related to Old Saxon gellon, Old High German gellan, Old Norse gjalla; see nightingale
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