The Collaborative Dictionary

Yell \Yell\ (y[e^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.] [OE. yellen, [yogh]ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. g[aum]lla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.] To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. [1913 Webster] They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

yelling \yell"ing\, n. The uttering of one or more loud inarticulate cries, as of pain or excitement. Syn: shouting. [WordNet 1.5]

Word Net

yelling adj : noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans"; "the yelling fiend" [syn: crying, howling, shouting] n : uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement [syn: shouting]

Moby Thesaurus

bawling, blatant, boanergean, brawling, clamorous, clamoursome, crying, loudmouthed, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, screaming, shouting, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yammering, yapping, yelping

English

Verb

yelling

1. present participle of yell

Yelling – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a linear village and civil parish located east of St Neots.

The noted evangelist Henry Venn was Yelling's vicar from 1771 until his death there in 1797.

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