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1. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
   "his yowl filled the hallway";
   - bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo [non-standard], holloa, roar, roaring

1. Cry loudly, as of animals
   "The coyotes were yowling in the desert";
   - howl, wrawl, yammer
    
2. Utter shrieks, as of cats
   - caterwaul

Derived forms: yowled, yowls, yowling

Type of: call, cry, emit, let loose, let out, outcry, pipe, pipe up, shout, shriek, shrill, utter, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Yowl