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Yelling   /jˈɛlɪŋ/   Listen
noun
yelling  n.  The uttering of one or more loud inarticulate cries, as of pain or excitement.
Synonyms: shouting.



verb
Yell  v. t.  To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.



Yell  v. i.  (past & past part. yelled; pres. part. yelling)  To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. "They yelleden as feendes doon in helle." "Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells." "Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled."






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"Yelling" Quotes from Famous Books



... that he should be tied to the stake, that they might all enjoy the pleasure of tormenting him. A stake was immediately planted in the ground, and he was firmly fastened to it. His entire clothing was torn from him, mainly by the Indian women. The whole party then danced around him until midnight, yelling in the most frantic manner, smiting him with their hands and lacerating his flesh ...
— Daniel Boone - The Pioneer of Kentucky • John S. C. Abbott

... whence their destruction came. We threw down our pieces, and took up others, giving a second dreadful volley; but as they were loaded only with swan shot, or small pistol bullets, we perceived only two of them fall; tho many were wounded, who run yelling and screaming about like mad creatures. 'Now, Friday,' said I, 'lay down your piece, and take up the musket, and follow me.' He did so, with great courage, when showing ourselves to the savages we give a great shout, and made directly to the poor victim, who would ...
— The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of - York, Mariner (1801) • Daniel Defoe

... Caterpillar said grandiloquently, "You kids will oblige me by not shouting and yelling when you speak to me. I've ...
— The Hill - A Romance of Friendship • Horace Annesley Vachell

... of hand and general disaster may result. Round and round they go, the spectators yelling in their excitement for the blue or the green, the red or the white, and making or revising their bets. "Too far out!" "Well turned!" "The green wins!" "Well done, Hirpinus!" Shouts like these form a roar to which perhaps we have no modern parallel. ...
— Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul • T. G. Tucker

... coach, Harding lashing his horses into a run and driving with marvelous skill, while behind them thundered the hundred horsemen, yelling like demons in their glad welcome to the first lady to visit their ...
— Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer - The Stranger in Camp • Colonel Prentiss Ingraham


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