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yowling

yowling is the present participle and gerund of yowl.

Meaning of yowl

Verb

yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)

  1. (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
  2. (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

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Noun

yowling (plural yowlings)

  1. A sound that yowls.
    • They were dancing to the tune of incessant yowlings, the thudding of wooden drums and the monotonous dry rattling of pebbles in turtle-shell rattles.1996, Kenneth Roberts, Rabble in Arms

Forms of yowling

pluralyowlings

Questions about yowling

What does yowling mean?
Yowling means a sound that yowls.
What is yowling the present participle and gerund of?
Yowling is the present participle and gerund of yowl.
What part of speech is yowling?
Yowling is a noun.
What is the plural of yowling?
The plural of yowling is yowlings.

Words near yowling in the dictionary

  1. yowler
  2. yowlers
  3. yowley
  4. yowleys
  5. yowlin'
  6. yowling
  7. yowlingly
  8. yowlings
  9. yowlring
  10. yowlrings
  11. yowls

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