howln.
/haʊl/, U.S. /haʊl/ 1.
a. The prolonged and mournful cry of a dog, wolf, etc., which dwells upon the vowel u /u:/ or some kindred sound; the similar sound of the wind or other inanimate agent.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > howl or whine
pime?a1500
whinge?a1513
yowl?a1513
whrine1513
howla1616
whine1633
whimper1810
whinner1840
wow1862
ki-yi1884
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun] > howl, wail, or whine
howlingc1440
howla1616
wail1825
zinging1921
bloop1931
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. i. 54 The Wolfe, Whose howle's his Watch. View more context for this quotation
a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) iii. iii. 1368 No howles of Wolues, no yelps of Hounds.
1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 4 The last Howls of a Dog dissected alive.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxvi. 115 Till sung his midnight hymn the owl, Answer'd the dog-fox with his howl.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xiii. 258 Expecting the enchanter to enter..at every howl of the wind.
b. A howling noise produced in a loudspeaker as a result of electrical or acoustic feedback; howling.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun] > howl, wail, or whine > in loudspeaker
howling1920
howl1921
1921 Wireless World 10 Dec. 568/1 Ear-splitting howls associated with valve reception.
1928 L. S. Palmer Wireless Princ. & Pract. x. 374 The typical ‘howl’ to which low-frequency amplifiers are subject.
1939 H. J. Hicks Princ. & Pract. Radio Servicing xiii. 228 If the resistance-capacity filter in the a.v.c. line loses its effectiveness, a howl will result.
1962 E. E. Ecklund Repairing Home Audio Syst. xiii, 246 Rumble, feedback, and howl are caused by mechanical vibrations being transmitted to the pickup.
2. A loud wail or outcry of pain or anguish; a savage yell of rage or disappointment. (Often used contemptuously.)
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun]
reameOE
ropeOE
greeta1325
yammer?a1513
plangor1567
ululation1599
howla1616
vagit1630
knell1647
pillaloo1785
whillaloo1790
ullagone1819
ululu1834
wail1863
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl
yowlinga1225
yei?a1289
yollinga1300
howling1490
yowl?a1513
yawling1568
blayinga1586
whewling1609
howla1616
vagitusa1651
ululation?1799
gowl1805
waul1856
wow1862
whoo1891
blarting1898
ululance1951
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. iii. 122 Your naked Infants spitted vpon Pykes, Whiles the mad Mothers, with their howles confus'd, Doe breake the Clouds. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 416 She..fills, with horrid howls, the public Place.
1776 R. Twiss Tour Ireland 131 The Irish howl, which was made by the bellowing of a herd of men, women, and children, who attended the burial.
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 100 Foulque uttered a howl of despair.
1859 J. Bright Speeches 40 You remember the howl of astonishment which arose.
1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) App. ii. 421 His sufferings are exacerbated by the howl of popular execration or scorn.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
howlv.
/haʊl/, U.S. /haʊl/ 1. intransitive. To utter a prolonged, loud, and doleful cry, in which the sound of u /u:/ prevails. Said of dogs, wolves, and various wild animals; formerly also of the owl (now said to screech or hoot).
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > howl or whine
theotenc888
yowla1225
gowlc1300
whinec1330
howl1390
yawlc1400
whrine?1507
whewla1560
whinge1562
waw1570
whimper1575
wail1595
ululate1623
wow1806
wowla1825
towl1906
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 265 The horned oule The which men here on nightes houle.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 250/1 Howlyn as beestys, ululo.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii The dogges herd the voys [of the wulf] wherfore they beganne to barke and to howle.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms (1566) lix. 139 As houndes they houle and grenne.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 741 They heard Dogges howle on the shore.
c1705 Berkeley Descr. Cave of Dunmore in Wks. (1871) IV. 507 Two or three dogs..set themselves to howl with all their might.
1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 36 Like other uncultivated breeds of dogs they only howl.
2.
a. Of a human being: to utter a similar sound; to utter loud and doleful inarticulate cries; to wail, lament, esp. with pain. In modern use often somewhat contemptuously applied to any cry of pain or distress.Quot. c1220 is very uncertain; the word may be corrupt.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > wail or howl
theotenc888
yarmc1000
yowla1225
yollc1275
gowlc1300
woulc1340
yawlc1400
howlc1405
yowta1525
whewla1560
exululate1623
to sing port-yowla1693
toot1808
blart1896
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > wail
remeeOE
yarmc1000
weinec1275
cry1297
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grotec1300
wailc1330
woulc1340
howlc1405
yammer1481
rane1513
plaintc1540
rheumatize1623
ululate1623
ullagone1828
c1220 Bestiary 396 Man hire [ðe fox] hatieð, hatien and hulen boðe men and fules.]
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1953 Shrighte Emelye and howleth Palamon.
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xxiv. 33 Þe enviouse shul whoule for sorowe as wode houndes.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) James v. 1 Goo to nowe ye Ryche men. Wepe and howle on youre wretchednes that shall come apon you.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 349 There is another inditement vpon thee..for the which I thinke thou wilt howle . View more context for this quotation
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin ii. 140 My Angry Ghost shall haunt thy Conscious Soul, I'le Ring thee such a Peal, shall make thee Howl.
1805 W. Scott Let. 12 Apr. (1932) I. 247 He still howls about the expense of printing, but I think we shall finally settle.
1885 Liverpool Daily Post 7 May 4/9 Under these circumstances it will do the Conservatives very little good to howl.
b. to howl at (also to howl upon): to assail or address with howling. With indirect passive.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > wail or howl > assail with
to howl upon1647
1647 A. Ross Mystagogvs Poeticvs viii. 112 She [Hecate] was howled or called upon in the night by her priests.
c. transitive. To drive into a state by howling. to howl down: to reduce to silence by howls of obloquy.
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the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking
to stop a person's mouthc1175
stilla1225
to keep ina1420
stifle1496
to knit up1530
to muzzle (up) the mouth1531
choke1533
muzzle?1542
to tie a person's tongue1544
tongue-tiea1555
silence1592
untongue1598
to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605
to bite in1608
gaga1616
to swear downa1616
to laugh down1616
stifle1621
to cry down1623
unworda1627
clamour1646
splint1648
to take down1656
snap1677
stick1708
shut1809
to shut up1814
to cough down1823
to scrape down1855
to howl down1872
extinguish1878
hold1901
shout1924
to pipe down1926
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > wail or howl > cause by
howl1872
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > wail or howl > silence with
to howl down1872
1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Politics v. 164 Any one who hears anything which he dislikes tries to howl it down.
1885 Manch. Examiner 20 May 4/7 Mr. Gladstone was almost howled down in attempting to reply.
1892 Argosy Oct. 315 They have whirled or howled themselves into a mad delirium.
3. transitive. To utter with howling. Also to howl out.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > wail or howl
theotenc1175
wailc1330
to howl out1530
behowl1600
yowl1842
keen1893
blart1896
1530 W. Tyndale Expos. & Notes (1849) 286 But the blind owls care not what they howl, seeing..that no man can spy them.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 307 Singing, or rather howling certaine Psalmes or Prayers.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 195 But I haue words That would be howl'd out in the desert ayre, Where hearing should not latch them. View more context for this quotation
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 21 And Howls out, Buy my Flawnders.
1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iii. 198 To howl my dying curses in his ear.
4. intransitive. Of inanimate agents, esp. the wind or a storm: to make a prolonged wailing noise. Of an organ: to cipher.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)] > howl, wail, or whine
yella1470
hurl1530
howl1687
gowl1724
twine1805
whine1874
bloop1926
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > organ wailing
howl1687
cipher1779
wolve1864
1687 [implied in: A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 2 The Isle of Stromboli..I was told that they who were near it heard great howlings, which proceed not from Hell..but from the violence of the Winds. (at howling n. 1a)].
1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) i. 29 Keen, hollow winds howl thro' the bleak recess, Emblem of Music caus'd by Emptiness.
1743 R. Blair Grave 4 The Wind is up: Hark! how it howls!
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 40 How fearfully God's thunder howls behind!
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 46 This is a very good contrivance..if one of the reed pipes should howl.
1875 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean (ed. 5) x. 303 The wind was howling in the mountains.
1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 148 Dozens of great steamers go howling through the Downs every day.
5. (See quot. 1704.)
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1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) When the Foot-hooks of a Ship are scarfed into the Ground-Timbers, and boulted, and then the Plank laid on them up to the Orlop, the Carpenters say, they begin to make the Ship Howle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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