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Yell   /jɛl/   Listen
Yell

noun
1.
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition.  Synonyms: call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation.
2.
A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate).  Synonym: cry.  "A yell of pain"
verb
(past & past part. yelled; pres. part. yelling)
1.
Utter a sudden loud cry.  Synonyms: call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall.  "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
2.
Utter or declare in a very loud voice.  Synonym: scream.



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"Yell" Quotes from Famous Books



... voice. Leaping from bed, Jack sprang to the upflung window overlooking the side lawn nearest the Temple house. Outside in the moonlight stood Frank, a pair of trousers pulled over his pajamas, hands cupped to his mouth. He was preparing to yell again. ...
— The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards • Gerald Breckenridge

... gave a yell of rage. 'If they've done it, by heaven they shall pay for it!' And he made a dash for the ...
— Sarah's School Friend • May Baldwin

... else driving my car no matter how much spondulex come my way. It will be me for the little old low down 'steen cylinder racer when I get my pile—" he slid his long body under the table and grasped his plate as a steering wheel, "'Poor, get out of muh way!' my horn will yell—" ...
— Little Miss By-The-Day • Lucille Van Slyke

... dinner with Winston Churchill. Next letter: "Had a simply superb talk with Hollingworth for two and a half hours this afternoon. . . . The dinner was the four biggest psychiatrists in New York and Dad. Made me simply yell, it did. . . . It was for my book simply superb. All is going so wonderfully." Next day: "Now about the Thorndike dinner: it was grand. . . . I can't tell you how much these talks are maturing my ideas about the book. I think in a ...
— An American Idyll - The Life of Carleton H. Parker • Cornelia Stratton Parker

... was good and fortune served him well, for the tabby flying caterwauling through the air alighted almost exactly in front of Deede Dawson on top of a small bush. For a moment it hung there, quite unhurt, but very frightened, and emitted a yell, then fled. ...
— The Bittermeads Mystery • E. R. Punshon


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