ululate

ul·u·late

U0013600 (ŭl′yə-lāt′, yo͞ol′-)intr.v. ul·u·lat·ed, ul·u·lat·ing, ul·u·lates To howl, wail, or lament loudly, especially by alternating rapidly between two high-pitched sounds.

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[Latin ululāre, ululāt-, ultimately of imitative origin.]

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ul′u·lant (-lənt) adj.ul′u·la′tion n.

ululate

(ˈjuːljʊˌleɪt) vb (intr) to howl or wail, as with grief[C17: from Latin ululāre to howl, from ulula screech owl] ˈululant adj ˌuluˈlation n

ul•u•late

(ˈʌl yəˌleɪt, ˈyul-)

v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. 1. to howl, hoot, or wail. 2. to lament loudly and shrilly. [1615–25; < Latin ululātus, past participle of ululāre to howl, shriek, of imitative orig.] ul`u•la′tion, n.

ululate

Past participle: ululated
Gerund: ululating

Imperative
ululate
ululate

Present
I ululate
you ululate
he/she/it ululates
we ululate
you ululate
they ululate

Preterite
I ululated
you ululated
he/she/it ululated
we ululated
you ululated
they ululated

Present Continuous
I am ululating
you are ululating
he/she/it is ululating
we are ululating
you are ululating
they are ululating

Present Perfect
I have ululated
you have ululated
he/she/it has ululated
we have ululated
you have ululated
they have ululated

Past Continuous
I was ululating
you were ululating
he/she/it was ululating
we were ululating
you were ululating
they were ululating

Past Perfect
I had ululated
you had ululated
he/she/it had ululated
we had ululated
you had ululated
they had ululated

Future
I will ululate
you will ululate
he/she/it will ululate
we will ululate
you will ululate
they will ululate

Future Perfect
I will have ululated
you will have ululated
he/she/it will have ululated
we will have ululated
you will have ululated
they will have ululated

Future Continuous
I will be ululating
you will be ululating
he/she/it will be ululating
we will be ululating
you will be ululating
they will be ululating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ululating
you have been ululating
he/she/it has been ululating
we have been ululating
you have been ululating
they have been ululating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ululating
you will have been ululating
he/she/it will have been ululating
we will have been ululating
you will have been ululating
they will have been ululating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ululating
you had been ululating
he/she/it had been ululating
we had been ululating
you had been ululating
they had been ululating

Conditional
I would ululate
you would ululate
he/she/it would ululate
we would ululate
you would ululate
they would ululate

Past Conditional
I would have ululated
you would have ululated
he/she/it would have ululated
we would have ululated
you would have ululated
they would have ululated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

ululate - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"howl, wail, yaup, yawl, roarcry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"squall, waul, wawl - make high-pitched, whiney noises

ululate

verbTo utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound:bay, howl, moan, wail, yowl.

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