ululating
ululating is the present participle and gerund of ululate.
Meaning of ululate
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.
- 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
- To produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.
Noun
ululating (plural ululatings)
- An act of ululation.
- The grandmothers' words, their pauses to spit, their meanderings as the narrative developed, their hums and ululatings, frightened me.2003, Pascal Khoo Thwe, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey, page 17
Forms of ululating
| plural | ululatings |
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Questions about ululating
- What does ululating mean?
- Ululating means an act of ululation.
- What is ululating the present participle and gerund of?
- Ululating is the present participle and gerund of ululate.
- What part of speech is ululating?
- Ululating is a noun.
- What is the plural of ululating?
- The plural of ululating is ululatings.
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