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English Dictionary: Yelling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yelling
n
  1. uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
    Synonym(s): yelling, shouting
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.
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