yell : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: yell	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for yell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yell n a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" Synonym(s): cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" Synonym(s): cry, yell v utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" Synonym(s): shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine" Synonym(s): yell, scream
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yell \Yell\ (y[ecr]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[84]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. They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. --Chaucer. Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. --Spenser. Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yell \Yell\, v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yell \Yell\, n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin. --J. Philips.