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yelling at clouds

yelling at clouds is the present participle and gerund 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...

Questions about yelling at clouds

What is yelling at clouds the present participle and gerund of?
Yelling at clouds is the present participle and gerund of yell at clouds.

Words near yelling at clouds in the dictionary

  1. yellin'
  2. yelling
  3. yelling at
  4. yelling at a cloud
  5. yelling at cloud
  6. yelling at clouds
  7. yelling at the cloud
  8. yelling at the clouds
  9. yelling match
  10. yelling out
  11. yelling silently

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