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ululates

ululates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ululate.

Meaning of ululate

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.

Questions about ululates

What is ululates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ululates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ululate.

Words near ululates in the dictionary

  1. uluit
  2. Ulukışla
  3. ululant
  4. ululate
  5. ululated
  6. ululates
  7. ululating
  8. ululatingly
  9. ululatings
  10. ululation
  11. ululations

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