yell
/jɛl/ verb B2- 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.
He/she/it yells · Past yelled · Past participle yelled · -ing form yelling
Verb forms
- Base form
- yell
- He/she/it
- yells
- Past
- yelled
- Past participle
- yelled
- -ing form
- yelling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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At the same instant Lestrade gave a yell of terror and threw himself face downward upon the ground.
There he checked, for he heard the yell of the Pack hunting, heard the bellow of a hunted Sambhur, and the snort as the buck turned at bay.
He did not wait for anything more, but dashed on; and the yells grew fainter behind him as he ran into the croplands where the villagers lived.
There were yells of “Silence, thou man’s cub!” “Let him speak.
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