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Noun yowl has 1 sense
- bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl - a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
--1 is a kind of cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
Verb yowl has 2 senses
- howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl - cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
--1 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:
You can hear animals yowl in the meadows
The meadows yowl with animals
- yowl, caterwaul - utter shrieks, as of cats
--2 is one way to shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe
Sample sentence:
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