Verb
We saw people yelling for help.
I heard someone yelling my name.
The crowd was yelling wildly. Noun
the crowd gave a yell of approval
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The paraprofessional also is accused in the suit of yelling derogatory words within inches of the teen's face on a daily basis and pulling and yanking the teen by the shirt collar around the school at least once a week.—CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024 Both Neil and Johan laugh off the idea that, at one point, the professor yelled out that something evil was inside him.—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2024
Noun
For 40 years, his fans constantly begged him to repeat his trademark Tarzan yell.—David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024 The team of five rescuers heard a yell for help in the woods.—Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for yell
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English yellen, going back to Old English giellan, gyllan, going back to Germanic *gellan- (whence also Old High German kellen, gellen "to make a shrill sound," Old Norse gjalla "to scream"), perhaps a back-formation from *gullōn-, iterative derivative of *galan- "to sing, cry" — more at nightingale
Noun
Middle English yel, yelle, derivative of yellen "to yell entry 1"
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