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   ululate
         v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
               sorrow" [syn: {howl}, {ululate}, {wail}, {roar}, {yawl},
               {yaup}]

English Dictionary: ululation by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ululation
n
  1. a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect"
    Synonym(s): howl, howling, ululation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ululate \Ul"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ululated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Ululating}.] [L. ululatus, p. p. of ululare to howl,
      yell, shriek.]
      To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
      --Sir T. Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ululate \Ul"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ululated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Ululating}.] [L. ululatus, p. p. of ululare to howl,
      yell, shriek.]
      To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
      --Sir T. Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ululate \Ul"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ululated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Ululating}.] [L. ululatus, p. p. of ululare to howl,
      yell, shriek.]
      To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
      --Sir T. Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ululation \Ul`u*la"tion\, n. [L. ululatio.]
      A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing.
  
               He may fright others with his ululation. --Wither.
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