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Definition of ululate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ululate

verb
 
/ˈʌljuleɪt/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪt/
 
/ˈʌljuleɪt/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪt/
[intransitive] (literary)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ululate
 
/ˈʌljuleɪt/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪt/
 
/ˈʌljuleɪt/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪt/
he / she / it ululates
 
/ˈʌljuleɪts/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪts/
 
/ˈʌljuleɪts/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪts/
past simple ululated
 
/ˈʌljuleɪtɪd/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪtɪd/
 
/ˈʌljuleɪtɪd/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪtɪd/
past participle ululated
 
/ˈʌljuleɪtɪd/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪtɪd/
 
/ˈʌljuleɪtɪd/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪtɪd/
-ing form ululating
 
/ˈʌljuleɪtɪŋ/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈʌljuleɪtɪŋ/,
 
/ˈjuːljuleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to give a long, loud call synonym wail
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin ululat- ‘howled, shrieked’, from the verb ululare, of imitative origin.
See ululate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
previously
adverb
 
 
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