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Definition of ululate in English: ululateverb ˈjuːljʊleɪtˈʌljʊleɪt [no object]Howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief. women were ululating as the body was laid out Example sentencesExamples - By the end of the eighth round the packed hall was cheering, chanting and ululating in appreciation of the slugfest playing out in the ring.
- A line of police cars screamed by, lights flashing, sirens wailing and ululating.
- The wind bellies thick in the shadows near my aunts, as one of Ray's sisters begins to keen and another to ululate.
- The marchers chanted, ululated, whistled and danced, much to the delight of the passers-by and people looking on from the balconies of the skyscrapers.
- We may weep a little rather than ululate, gnash our teeth or wail to the rhythm of a thousand drums.
- We were greeted at the bus stop by over a hundred men, women and children who had waited patiently for six hours to welcome us with showers of flower petals, garlands of marigolds, conch blowing, ululating and slogans.
- Masondo then handed title deeds to several residents at Zola and Emdeni, and was greeted with joyful shouting and ululating.
- Women ululated, danced and chanted ‘Phiriphiri’ (Tshivhase's nickname) when his representatives were called to receive the Order of Luthuli, in bronze, on his behalf.
- Back then, it seemed as if she had studied Mariah Carey and, on an anything-you-can-do basis, resolved to squeal, ululate and warble her way to the top of the charts.
- ‘We were leading in these matches but the home fans never stopped drumming and ululating, that is the kind of support we want since some of our players are young and need encouragement,’ he said.
- Diconsolate, annoyed, subdued, Florian and I wait; as we wait the taxi driver turns on the radio and it blares some discordant, ululating, quarter-toned Arab music.
- I was standing outside the court and, after the life sentence had been given, the enormous crowd, mainly black, burst into cries and shouts of spine-chilling relief and anger, ululating and shouting Amandla!
- The crowd should have been prostrate, the women ululating.
- In the Outer Hebrides they still sing a very ancient kind of unaccompanied plainchant - first the minister starts warbling, then the congregation joins in, ululating and carolling, nasally.
- So Mandy and Carole are the last Prætorian guards defending Number 10 against Gordon's advancing legions and the Children of the Night, ululating menacingly at the heels of Howard Dracul.
- Above the drums, singing, and stomping of feet, women ululate shrilly to express their excitement.
- Women greet each other by ululating, or making a high pitched sound by trilling the tongue.
- As they had all night, women responded by loudly ululating, and the men, even if they weren't quite sure where or what Lake Wobegon is, politely applauded.
- On his cheerful records - like ‘I Remember You ‘- he ululates with glee when the mood demands, a happy harmonica backing him up.’
- Women ululated, teens set off fireworks and crowds chanted ‘God is great’.
Synonyms howl, weep, cry, sob, moan, groan, keen, lament, yowl, blubber, snivel, whimper, whine, squall, bawl, shriek, scream, yelp, caterwaul, waul
Derivatives adjective ˈʌljʊləntˈjuːljʊlənt From the floor a ululant howling roared. Example sentencesExamples - While we allow wolves and foxes to be ululant, the head posture is an SCA invention.
noun juːljʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nʌljʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n Why does Danny Elfman's music score erupt with Arabic-sounding ululations if not to make us think of the Middle East? Example sentencesExamples - He was right: the drums were beat perfect, the ululations from women's groups were in tune and the range of outfits had clearly been painstakingly constructed over some time.
- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe - reviled by the west - was greeted by screams, clapping and ululation in Dar es Salaam on Monday at the opening of a summit of southern African countries.
- Danny strategically played the Kaya song from his Kaya album and prolonged it till dawn as a way of bidding farewell to 2005 as he welcomed 2006 amid ululations and whistling among his fans in the packed hall.
- In the days to follow, Charles would argue that this high-pitched ululation was the real reason for the crash.
- Finally when the decorated bajra of the Lahiri family sails into view and the women begin their ululations, they notice that there is no responsive cheer from the bajra, when it is anchored no one rushes to the railings.
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin ululat- 'howled, shrieked', from the verb ululare, of imitative origin. Definition of ululate in US English: ululateverb [no object]Howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief. women were ululating as the body was laid out Example sentencesExamples - I was standing outside the court and, after the life sentence had been given, the enormous crowd, mainly black, burst into cries and shouts of spine-chilling relief and anger, ululating and shouting Amandla!
- Above the drums, singing, and stomping of feet, women ululate shrilly to express their excitement.
- ‘We were leading in these matches but the home fans never stopped drumming and ululating, that is the kind of support we want since some of our players are young and need encouragement,’ he said.
- On his cheerful records - like ‘I Remember You ‘- he ululates with glee when the mood demands, a happy harmonica backing him up.’
- The crowd should have been prostrate, the women ululating.
- Women greet each other by ululating, or making a high pitched sound by trilling the tongue.
- Diconsolate, annoyed, subdued, Florian and I wait; as we wait the taxi driver turns on the radio and it blares some discordant, ululating, quarter-toned Arab music.
- By the end of the eighth round the packed hall was cheering, chanting and ululating in appreciation of the slugfest playing out in the ring.
- The wind bellies thick in the shadows near my aunts, as one of Ray's sisters begins to keen and another to ululate.
- We may weep a little rather than ululate, gnash our teeth or wail to the rhythm of a thousand drums.
- So Mandy and Carole are the last Prætorian guards defending Number 10 against Gordon's advancing legions and the Children of the Night, ululating menacingly at the heels of Howard Dracul.
- In the Outer Hebrides they still sing a very ancient kind of unaccompanied plainchant - first the minister starts warbling, then the congregation joins in, ululating and carolling, nasally.
- The marchers chanted, ululated, whistled and danced, much to the delight of the passers-by and people looking on from the balconies of the skyscrapers.
- We were greeted at the bus stop by over a hundred men, women and children who had waited patiently for six hours to welcome us with showers of flower petals, garlands of marigolds, conch blowing, ululating and slogans.
- Back then, it seemed as if she had studied Mariah Carey and, on an anything-you-can-do basis, resolved to squeal, ululate and warble her way to the top of the charts.
- Women ululated, danced and chanted ‘Phiriphiri’ (Tshivhase's nickname) when his representatives were called to receive the Order of Luthuli, in bronze, on his behalf.
- As they had all night, women responded by loudly ululating, and the men, even if they weren't quite sure where or what Lake Wobegon is, politely applauded.
- Masondo then handed title deeds to several residents at Zola and Emdeni, and was greeted with joyful shouting and ululating.
- Women ululated, teens set off fireworks and crowds chanted ‘God is great’.
- A line of police cars screamed by, lights flashing, sirens wailing and ululating.
Synonyms howl, weep, cry, sob, moan, groan, keen, lament, yowl, blubber, snivel, whimper, whine, squall, bawl, shriek, scream, yelp, caterwaul, waul
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin ululat- ‘howled, shrieked’, from the verb ululare, of imitative origin. |