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yowling 1 of 2

adjective

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as in caterwauling
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest town meeting is always full of yowling residents who never seem to be happy with anything the town does

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yowling

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verb

present participle of yowl
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as in screaming
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills

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as in howling
to make a long loud mournful sound coyotes yowling at the moon

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