Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yell at a cloud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: yel-l at a -cloud
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of yell at clouds.

Example Sentences

"In the old days, Cubs fans would have gone outside and yelled at a cloud. Now they take to Twitter and declare the season over."
"I’m sure the Yankees can handle a little schedule adversity, and it’s not like it’s smooth for the Guardians, either, even though they didn’t have an extra week off. It just stinks. That’s all. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go yell at a cloud."
"He’s coming off two seasons as an above-average starter for the Nationals, where he made 62 starts in total and threw what amounts to two full seasons of innings for a starter these days. Now please excuse me while I go yell at a cloud."

Inflected Forms

yells at a cloud (present, singular) yelling at a cloud (participle, present) yelled at a cloud (participle, past) yelled at a cloud (past)

Questions

What does yell at a cloud mean?: Alternative form of yell at clouds.

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