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verb

ˈyel How to pronounce yell (audio)
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as in to scream
to cry out loudly and emotionally yelled with fear when the speeding car veered onto the crowded sidewalk

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2
as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance I yelled to the kids in the backyard that it was time to go home

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yell

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noun

as in shout
a loud vocal expression of strong emotion the crowd gave a yell of approval

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Recent Examples of yell
Verb
Other people at the scene can be heard yelling that the cash was not evidence and did not belong to the officer. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Fans inside the stadium and at watch parties across the nation yelled at the screens. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Noun
Roupp let out a yell after inducing a 1-4-3 double play from Manny Machado to end the sixth inning. — Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026 Vesia let out a yell and pointed toward the Dodgers' family section while getting a standing ovation from the crowd. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for yell
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yell
  1. scream
  2. shout
  3. howl
  4. shriek
  5. cry
  6. squeal
  7. holler
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  • From the outset of the selloff earlier this year, Jim Cramer was screaming from the rooftops that cyber should never have been lumped into run-of-the-mill enterprise software.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026
Definition of scream
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  • In a country that often seems to shout for attention, Chicago simply gets on with the work of being a great city.
    — Rima Suqi, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
  • Thornton, the only starter in double figures, shouted out the bench, which combined for 52 points.
    — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of shout
Noun
  • Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Things that made your red-eyed soul sing and howl are few and far between.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
Definition of howl
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  • The other customers cowered in the corners, while crowds formed at the windows outside, shrieking and recording the scene on their phones.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
Definition of shriek
Verb
  • Embolo left the pitch appearing to cry, as teammates and coaches tried consoling him.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
  • This World Cup, a bunch of people decided to gamble millions on whether soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo would cry during a match.
    — Jon Sarlin, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of cry
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  • Toddlers squealed and played, and an older woman cried softly.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • In the clip, Niney is pictured talking calmly on his cell phone as Gasly races around him in the Alpine car, squealing the tires.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
Definition of squeal
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  • At Daytona International Speedway more than 70,000 persons whooped, hollered and slugged down beer watching Cale Yarborough win the Firecracker 400 automobile race.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • Consider the field holler that became one of the taproots of American popular music.
    — Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
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