yowl

verb

\ ˈyau̇(-ə)l

yowled; yowling; yowls

Definition of yowl

(Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

1 : to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress : wail

2 : to complain or protest with or as if with yowls

transitive verb

: to express with yowling

yowl

noun

Definition of yowl (Entry 2 of 2)

: a loud long mournful wail or howl (as of a cat)

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Examples of yowl in a Sentence

Verb

The cat was yowling outside. He was yowling in pain.

Noun

the cat gave a yowl of anger

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Or your just moved-in, very sweet neighbors with the sick, yowling cat? — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "27 Foolproof Gift Ideas for Neighbors, Coworkers, and Other Pseudo-Strangers," 12 Nov. 2018 My normally mild-mannered dog lost her mind, yowling and dancing around the kitchen until someone, anyone, would give her even the smallest morsel of cheese. — Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit, "The Hunt for the Stinkiest Cheese, Or, How I Tested the Bonds of Friendship," 26 Apr. 2018 The brown mutts yowled into the blackness of the forest. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "The Wolves," 2 Apr. 2018 The five-pot then yowls excitedly to its 7000-rpm fuel cutoff to churn out its full complement of 400 horsepower. — Michael Simari, Car and Driver, "2017 Audi RS3," 19 Oct. 2017 The puppies, blissful as only puppies can be, yipped and yowled, wagged their tails, yawned, ate grass and were brutally, painfully adorable. — Connie Ogle, miamiherald, "How the Miami Heat helped save these puppies from euthanization after Hurricane Irma," 15 Sep. 2017 At 6:30 a.m.on July 12, Plumey jumped off and yowled at Trey Guzman, who went to her mother’s room. — Elinor J. Brecher, miamiherald, "Meg Laughlin, former Tropic writer who gave voice to the vulnerable, dies at 70," 12 July 2017 Thirty years before Nirvana and Sub Pop made Seattle ground zero for grunge, there was another mélange of raw, thumping rhythms, surf guitar and yowling vocals emanating from the Pacific Northwest. — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, "Charlotte pilot rocks into retirement with influential ’60s garage rock band," 18 May 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

The offending yowl had come out of an amplifier, though the issue didn’t involve the amp alone but the fact that it was connected to a hollow-box guitar. — David Kirby, WSJ, "‘The Birth of Loud’ Review: Constructive Feedback," 17 Jan. 2019 All around, Siamese cat yowls, phone camera clicks and gasps at adorableness traveled through the air. — Ileana Najarro, Houston Chronicle, "Cats and their people take over George R. Brown for annual charity show," 6 Jan. 2018 The Stones tucked lifelong blues scholarship behind the kick and yowl of the music. — Jon Pareles, New York Times, "The Rolling Stones Paint It Blue on Their New Album," 9 Nov. 2016 Kittens yowl on the dashboard of her old truck, whose windows are up despite the stifling heat. — By Michael Browning, miamiherald, "A desolated landscape: the toll of Hurricane Andrew," 25 Aug. 2015

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