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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024yell /yɛl/USA pronunciation v. - to cry out;
shout: [no object]kids yelling in the schoolyard.[~ (+ out) + object]to yell (out) insults.[used with quotations]"Come back here right now!'' he yelled.
n. [countable] - a shout.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024yell (yel),USA pronunciation v.i. - to cry out or speak with a strong, loud, clear sound;
shout:He always yells when he is angry. - to scream with pain, fright, etc.
v.t. - to utter or tell by yelling:to yell an order to the troops.
n. - a cry uttered by yelling.
- a cheer or shout of fixed words or syllables, as one adopted by a school or college to encourage a team.
- bef. 1000; (verb, verbal) Middle English yellen, Old English gellan, giellan; cognate with German gellen to resound, Dutch gillen; akin to Old English galan to sing (see nightingale); (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: yell /jɛl/ vb - to shout, scream, cheer, or utter in a loud or piercing way
n - a loud piercing inarticulate cry, as of pain, anger, or fear
- US Canadian a rhythmic cry of words or syllables, used in cheering in unison
Etymology: Old English giellan; related to Old Saxon gellon, Old High German gellan, Old Norse gjalla; see nightingaleˈyeller n |