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yell at the clouds

yell at the clouds is the alternative form of yell at clouds.

Meaning of yell at clouds

Verb

yell at clouds (third-person singular simple present yells at clouds, present participle yelling at clouds, simple past and past participle yelled at clouds)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, intransitive) To express a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance.
    • The Edmonton Oilers will once again be prominent at an entry draft, the 2018 edition three full years past the Connor McDavid draft lottery win. It’s perfectly reasonable for you to pitch a fit, kick over a pink flamingo and yell at clouds, but after that there’s some pretty big business to be...2018 January 9, Allan Mitchell, “Gauging the Edmonton Oilers' needs and tendencies for the 2018 NHL draft”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Forms of yell at the clouds

third-person singular presentyells at the clouds
present participleyelling at the clouds
past participleyelled at the clouds
pastyelled at the clouds

Questions about yell at the clouds

What is yell at the clouds the alternative form of?
Yell at the clouds is the alternative form of yell at clouds.

Words near yell at the clouds in the dictionary

  1. yell
  2. yell at a cloud
  3. yell at cloud
  4. yell at clouds
  5. yell at the cloud
  6. yell at the clouds
  7. Yell County
  8. yell out
  9. yell silently
  10. yella
  11. yellable

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