Yelling
[jelɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement.
Typist: Ursula--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yell
Editor: Warren
Examples
- Then I set the lever at high speed and as the blacks came yelling upon us I slipped from the craft's deck and with drawn long-sword met the attack. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- After me poured a yelling, cheering, cursing throng of Helium's best fighting-men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They let loose two immense bloodhounds at night, which all last night were yelling and howling at the moon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then we rushed up, and brought you here, with Alcibiades and his friends yelling like fiends at the escape of their prey. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Light the torch, Zernebock is yelling! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At the little Paris theatres, on the other hand, you will not only hear the people yelling out Ah gredin! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The yelling and shouting, and whipping and galloping, of all parties interested, made it an exhilarating, exciting, and particularly boisterous race. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Here the crowd, like a concourse of imprisoned demons, turns back, yelling, and is seen no more. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In a larger circle squatted the women, yelling and beating upon drums. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checked by Gerald