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howl
English
Etymology
From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *h?lian, from Proto-Germanic *h?wil?n?, *hiuwil?n? (“to howl”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to howl”), Old French ouler,German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”),Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri ?????? (??ir, “howl”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: houl, IPA(key): /ha?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
howl (plural howls)
- The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
- Any similar sound.
- A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Derived terms
- Irish howl
Translations
Verb
howl (third-person singular simple present howls, present participle howling, simple past and past participle howled)
- To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, The Moone Calfe
- And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, The Moone Calfe
- To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
- To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
- c. 1809 Walter Scott, The Poacher
- To utter with outcry.
- to howl derision
Translations
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *s?wol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol; compare also Irish súil (“eye”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl?.
Noun
howl m (plural howlyow)
- sun
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yap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jæp/
Noun
yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)
- (countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
- (uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter.
- 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59:
- Had I taken his accusations seriously I might have recommended a change in my under-managership, but I never could translate our jammy products into gas or explosives or even poison. Still yap, at least as concerned Beldite's.
- 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 190:
- They couldn’t rise above their calls for peace. Those who weren’t “defenders of the fatherland” were incapable of anything except yap and blather about “stopping the war.”
- 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59:
- (countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.
- (countable, Tyneside) A badly behaved child; a brat.
Translations
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
Verb
yap (third-person singular simple present yaps, present participle yapping, simple past and past participle yapped)
- (intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.
- (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.
- (transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).
Translations
Anagrams
- APY, Pay, pay, pya
Catawba
Noun
yap
- tree; wood
Usage notes
The word is also represented ya, yop, ya’p, yo’p.
Descendants
- English: yaupon
Finnish
Noun
yap
- Yapese (Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap)
Declension
Synonyms
- yapin kieli
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jap/
Verb
yap
- to stand
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Pnar
Etymology
From Proto-Khasian *ja:p. Cognate with Khasi ïap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jap/
Verb
yap
- to die
Turkish
Verb
yap
- second-person singular imperative of yapmak
Antonyms
- yapma
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