Yell

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jÉ›l/
• Rhymes: -É›l

From Middle English yellen, from Old English Ä¡iellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellanÄ….

Full definition of yell

Verb

1. (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
2. (transitive) to convey by shoutingHe yelled directions to the party from the car.

Synonyms

• (shout) call, cry, holler, shout

Derived terms

Usage notes

To yell at someone is as in a hostile manner, while to yell to someone means to speak loudly so as to be heard.

Noun

1. A shout.
2. A phrase to be shouted.
• 1912, The Michigan Alumnus (volume 18, page 152)After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings...

Borrowing from sco yeld.

Adjective

1. (Ulster) dry of cow