yell
noun
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L17031 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to utter a loud cry (often to attract attention)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /jɛl/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).
- dry (of cow)
name
Etymology: The name of the Shetland Island is from Pictish, cognate with Welsh iâl (“pastureland”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).
- The second-largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
- An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States, named after Archibald Yell.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
- A shout.
- A phrase to be shouted.
“After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings[…]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
- To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
- To convey by shouting.
“He yelled directions to the party from the car.”
- To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.
“If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.”
“They sent another email yelling at us to get our reports in on time. (or) They sent another email yelling about how we had to get our reports in on time.”