Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Yell

/(yĕl)/ · IPA /jɛl/

01 v. i. To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.

imp. & p. p. Yelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling

1.
To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
“They yelleden as feendes doon in helle.” — Chaucer.

“Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.” — Spenser.

“Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled.” — Milton.

02 v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.

1.
To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.

03 n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.

1.
A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
“Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin.” — J. Philips.