yell
/jɛl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
Intransitive verb
noun
A shout.
name
The second-largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
name
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States, named after Archibald Yell.
Example Sentences
- "He yelled directions to the party from the car."
- "If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me."
- "They sent another email yelling at us to get our reports in on time. (or) They sent another email yelling about how we had to get our reports in on time."
- "Nobody likes to receive an email yelling 'ASAP' right in the subject line."
- "that uncle sent some … email yelling about how changing the name of Fort Bragg was outrageous"
- "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[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).