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

yowl

verb
 
/jaʊl/
 
/jaʊl/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they yowl
 
/jaʊl/
 
/jaʊl/
he / she / it yowls
 
/jaʊlz/
 
/jaʊlz/
past simple yowled
 
/jaʊld/
 
/jaʊld/
past participle yowled
 
/jaʊld/
 
/jaʊld/
-ing form yowling
 
/ˈjaʊlɪŋ/
 
/ˈjaʊlɪŋ/
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  1. to make a long loud call that sounds unhappy synonym wail
    • Outside in the road, a cat yowled.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryYowl is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • cat
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: imitative.
See yowl in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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