yowling
present participle ofyowl
yowl
verb[I]
uk/jaʊl/us/jaʊl/to make along, high,unhappycry, usually whenhurtorfighting:
I waswokenup bycatsyowlingoutsidemywindow.
On thehills, thefoxesyowled andyelped.
Synonym
caterwaul
- Outside in theroad, acatyowled.
- Ikeephearingsomekidyowlingsomewherein theneighbourhoodandthinkingit'sSam.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
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Sounds made by humans with their mouths
Examplesofyowling
yowling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One can see and hear cats, but nobody has ever been wakened in the middle of the night by theyowlingof a set.
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No amount ofyowlingand scowling will get over that fact.
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Sometimes, yogh stood for or, as in the word,yowling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Blissful, sometimes, but sometimes it sounds like stray cat musicscrawny, cocky, andyowlingup the stairs.
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