yell
verbnounadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //jɛl//
To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
verb
- 1
To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
- 2
To convey by shouting.
He yelled directions to the party from the car.
- 3
informalTo tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.
If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.
They sent another email yelling at us to get our reports in on time. (or) They sent another email yelling about how we had to get our reports in on time.
Nobody likes to receive an email yelling 'ASAP' right in the subject line.
that uncle sent some … email yelling about how changing the name of Fort Bragg was outrageous
Etymology
From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
noun
- 1
A shout.
- 2
A phrase to be shouted.
After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings[…]
adjective
- 1
dry (of cow)
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).
Forms
- plural
- yells
- past tense
- yelled
- past participle
- yelled
- present participle
- yelling
- third person singular
- yells
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