ululate
/ˈjuːljʊleɪt
/ /ˈʌljʊleɪt/verb [no object]
Howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief: women were ululating as the body was laid out...
- A line of police cars screamed by, lights flashing, sirens wailing and ululating.
- We may weep a little rather than ululate, gnash our teeth or wail to the rhythm of a thousand drums.
- Women greet each other by ululating, or making a high pitched sound by trilling the tongue.
Derivatives
ululant
- From the floor a ululant howling roared.
- While we allow wolves and foxes to be ululant, the head posture is an SCA invention.
ululation
/ /ʌljʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n / noun ...- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe - reviled by the west - was greeted by screams, clapping and ululation in Dar es Salaam on Monday at the opening of a summit of southern African countries.
- In the days to follow, Charles would argue that this high-pitched ululation was the real reason for the crash.
- Why does Danny Elfman's music score erupt with Arabic-sounding ululations if not to make us think of the Middle East?
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin ululat- 'howled, shrieked', from the verb ululare, of imitative origin.
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