yelling

UK: /ˈjelɪŋ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

yell /yɛl/   v. 

1. to cry out;
   shout: [no object]
   kids yelling in the schoolyard.
   [~ (+ out) + object]
   to yell (out) insults.
   [used with quotations]
   "Come back here right now!'' he yelled.

n. [countable]

2. a shout.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

yell (yel),  v.i. 

1. to cry out or speak with a strong, loud, clear sound;
   shout:
   He always yells when he is angry.
2. to scream with pain, fright, etc.

v.t. 

3. to utter or tell by yelling:
   to yell an order to the troops.

n. 

4. a cry uttered by yelling.
5. a cheer or shout of fixed words or syllables, as one adopted by a school or college to encourage a team.

• bef. 1000; (verb, verbal) Middle English yellen, Old English gellan, giellan; cognate with German gellen to resound, Dutch gillen; akin to Old English galan to sing (see nightingale); (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal

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yell / jɛl/ verb

1. to shout, scream, cheer, or utter in a loud or piercing way

noun

1. a loud piercing inarticulate cry, as of pain, anger, or fear
2. a rhythmic cry of words or syllables, used in cheering in unison

Etymology: Old English giellan; related to Old Saxon gellon, Old High German gellan, Old Norse gjalla; see nightingale

ˈyeller noun