yowl
yowl · yowls
A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animalA prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
/jaʊl/
Meaning
1 sensesA prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”),From Middle English youlen, goulen, from Old Norse gaula (“to low, bellow, howl, scream”), related to Icelandic gaula (“to yell, howl, roar”), Faroese geyla (“to bawl, squall, shout, yell, bellow”), Norwegian gaule (“to roar, howl, whine, weep noisily”), dialectal Swedish gjöla, Scots gowl (“to howl, yell, roar”), Shetlandic Scots gjol. Initial y- possibly influenced by Middle English yollen, yellen (“to yell”).
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