yell Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
    cry; shout; call; outcry; vociferation.
    • the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
  2. noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
    cry.
    • a cry of rage
    • a yell of pain
  3. verb utter a sudden loud cry
    cry; hollo; squall; shout; call; holler; scream; shout out.
    • she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
    • I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
  4. verb utter or declare in a very loud voice
    scream.
    • You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine

WordNet

Yell intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. yellen, ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. gälla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Yelled ; present participle & verbal noun Yelling
Definitions
  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.
Yell transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. Shak.
Yell noun
Definitions
  1. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
    Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin. J. Philips.

Webster 1913