Verb We saw people yelling for help. I heard someone yelling my name. The crowd was yelling wildly. Noun the crowd gave a yell of approval
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
To drive them away people can clap loudly, yell or get anything that makes a lot of noise. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Officers continue to yell commands and handcuff Lewis before carrying him outside and rendering medical aid before paramedics arrive. Bethany Bruner, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 My favorite thing is watching all three kids yell DADDY when your key is in the door. Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2022 The attack happened across the river from an apartment complex on Riverside Drive, and Battle said the man was able to yell for help and residents called 911. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022 The video startled the courtroom audience and prompted the parents of one of the students who died in that classroom to yell for the recording to be turned off.New York Times, 18 July 2022 To yell and scream and all that stuff, for me, that’s not it. Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 Fans had one particular request: Have Jackson yell a certain explicit catchphrase in a very certain way. Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 If Gervais & Chappelle want yell their transphobic bigotry into a void, fine. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 30 May 2022
Noun
People around me started yelling about the apparent technical difficulties, before Spliff turned an imaginary crank on Busta's head that brought him back up to a yell. Screams and leaps into the air from the crowd. Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022 County residents who deny the results of the 2020 presidential election without evidence yell at her and her staff while in line to vote. Sam Metz, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2022 Many now see the Spencer tiara as a kind of floral-diamond-rebel-yell from a young woman thrust into a spotlight and a scandal. Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 7 June 2022 Kelsey Mitchell’s yell of frustration reverberated throughout the mostly empty Hinkle Fieldhouse. Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2022 Karlstrom celebrated after finishing by lifting up Yamanishi in his arms and letting out a yell as Yamanishi smiled.oregonlive, 15 July 2022 With one swift motion the mustachioed Mayfield bites into the can, shotguns the beer, then lets out a guttural yell, fists raised in victory. Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 6 July 2022 The pitcher did it herself, firing three consecutive strikes to retire Northwestern’s all-time home run leader, celebrating her most important strikeout of the night with a ferocious fist pump and yell.Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022 In the sixth inning, a baserunning blunder by Mike Yastrzemski led to an inning-ending double play on a flyout and Ashcraft celebrated with a fist pump and a yell. Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 28 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English yellen, going back to Old English giellan, gyllan, going back to Germanic *gellan- (whence also Old High German kellen, gellen "to make a shrill sound," Old Norse gjalla "to scream"), perhaps a back-formation from *gullōn-, iterative derivative of *galan- "to sing, cry" — more at nightingale
Noun
Middle English yel, yelle, derivative of yellen "to yell entry 1"