rebel yell

noun

: a prolonged high-pitched yell often uttered by Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In a video that has a half a dozen freeze-frame-worthy moments of soaring tropical jungle empowerment, the pivotal click to pick comes when Katy encounters a ferocious tiger and unleashes a rebel yell in the apex predator’s face. —

Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 June 2022 The Confederates started firing on him and yelling the rebel yell, but this riled up their horses, which were not used to battle. —

BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2021 His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. —

Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer, 16 Sep. 2017

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