Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A howling; crying.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of yowl.
  • noun A sound that yowls.

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Examples

  • Marie was kind of yowling, sounding so much like a cat that the poodle in the kitchen began to grrr.

    Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976

  • Snooki is also "yowling" and "not conventionally attractive," and is likened variously to

    Reader - MassLive.com Paul Anthony Ita 2010

  • They darted in between boxes, yowling, hissing and scratching.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • With one ear buried in the pillow, the noise is almost intolerable, something akin to a leaf-blower yowling outside the window.

    Death's Noisy Herald gerard varni 2011

  • Neighbors were alerted to the tragedy by the yowling of the family cat.

    Peeling Onions Jenny Gumpertz 2011

  • An orange and black streak flashed out of the cage, yowling.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

  • He sees blood spilling from the wound in the pig's back, hears the shrieking and yowling of the other animals in the room.

    Death's Noisy Herald gerard varni 2011

  • The public Mr. Waits is a bona fide character, a stomping, yowling beatnik who reflects the eccentric, downtrodden characters he sings about.

    The Storyteller's Secret Jim Fusilli 2011

  • Their cat, Tuna, was batting the glass door, yowling and laser-beaming her eyes on all of us.

    I Married This Meg Pokrass 2012

  • An orange and black streak flashed out of the cage, yowling.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

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