ululated

Verb

ululate (third-person singular simple present ululates, present participle ululating, simple past and past participle ululated)

1. To howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy.
   • Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. It was badly stage-managed; for even the rawest investigators must be struck by the absence of the usual...1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

   Synonyms:

   bay, howl, wail

2. To produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.