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ululate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ulul?, ulul?tus, of imitative origin. Cognate with Spanish aullar (“to howl”) and ulular (“to hoot”), and French ululer (“to howl”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?ljule?t/, /??lj?le?t/
Verb
ululate (third-person singular simple present ululates, present participle ululating, simple past and past participle ululated)
- to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy
- to produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.
Synonyms
- (to howl): bay, howl, wail
Related terms
- ululant
- ululation
Translations
Italian
Verb
ululate
- second-person plural present indicative of ululare
- second-person plural imperative of ululare
- feminine plural of ululato
Latin
Verb
ulul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ulul?
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cry
English
Etymology
From Middle English crien, from Old French crier (“to announce publicly, proclaim, scream, shout”) (whence Medieval Latin cr?d? (“to cry out, shout, publish, proclaim”)), from Frankish *kr?tan (“to cry, cry out, publish”), from Proto-Germanic *kr?tan? (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- (“to shout”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian kriete (“to cry”), Dutch krijten (“to cry”) and krijsen (“to shriek”), German Low German krieten (“to cry, call out, shriek”), German kreißen (“to cry loudly, wail, groan”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (kreitan, “to cry, scream, call out”), Latin gingr?tus (“the cackling of geese”), Middle Irish grith (“a cry”), Welsh gryd (“a scream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a??/
- Homophone: krai
- Rhymes: -a?
Verb
cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.
- (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
- 1652, Richard Crashaw, The Beginning of Heliodorus
- Love is lost, and thus she cries him.
- 1652, Richard Crashaw, The Beginning of Heliodorus
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
- 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: A Tale of the Real and the Ideal, Blight and Bloom; Including Sketches of a Place Not Before Described, Called Mons Christi
- I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath.
- 1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: A Tale of the Real and the Ideal, Blight and Bloom; Including Sketches of a Place Not Before Described, Called Mons Christi
Conjugation
Synonyms
- bawl
- blubber
- sob
- wail
- weep
- whimper
- See also Thesaurus:weep
- See also Thesaurus:shout
Antonyms
- laugh
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
cry (plural cries)
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.
- A shout or scream.
- I heard a cry from afar.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- a battle cry
- A clamour or outcry.
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, in Edward Hawkins, The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Vol. I, W. Baxter, J. Parker, G. B. Whittaker (publs., 1824) pages 124 to 126, lines 648 to 659.
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, in Edward Hawkins, The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Vol. I, W. Baxter, J. Parker, G. B. Whittaker (publs., 1824) pages 124 to 126, lines 648 to 659.
- (by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
- (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
- "Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.
- A desperate or urgent request.
- (obsolete) Common report; gossip.
Derived terms
- battle cry
- hue and cry
- war cry
Translations
See also
- breastfeeding
- crocodile tears
References
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “cry”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- cry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- cry in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Cyr, Cyr., RYC
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French cri.
Noun
cry m (plural crys)
- cry; shout
Descendants
- French: cri
Scots
Etymology
Middle English, from Old French crier.
Verb
cry (third-person singular present cries, present participle cryin, past cried, past participle cried)
- to call, to give a name to
- A body whit studies the history is cried a historian an aw.
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