yowl
/jaʊl
/noun
A loud wailing cry, especially one of pain or distress.Muffled cries and yells could now be heard, along with a yowl of pain....
- Olympia yet out a yowl of pain, and the tried to bite at his face.
- I dropped my heavy backpack on his foot, effectively earning a yowl of pain.
verb [no object]
Make a loud wailing cry: out in the street, a cat was yowling...
- Several times a day she comes along moaning and yowling.
- I often hear them at night scampering about, shrieking and yowling.
- Right now the cat next door is yowling to be let in.
Origin
Middle English: imitative.