Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yarl

/jɑɹl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yarl
IPA: /jɑɹl/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.

verb

To sing in this manner.

name

Example Sentences

"So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo yarl' amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel."
"One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder."
"On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz.""

Etymology

Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jɑɹl/
British English: /jɑː(ɹ)l/

Inflected Forms

yarls (plural) yarls (present, singular) yarling (participle, present) yarled (participle, past) yarled (past)

Frequently Paired Words

Arl Arle Earl Earle Jarl

Rhymes With

carl karl snarl marl jarl harl gnarl ensnarl

Questions

How do you pronounce yarl?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɑɹl/.
What does yarl mean?: A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Where does yarl come from?: Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics.

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