yell

Meanings

Verb

• shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
• to convey by shouting
• to tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)

Noun

• A shout.
• A phrase to be shouted.

Adjective

• dry

Related

Similar words

• call, cry, holler, shout

Origin

• From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje, Dutch gillen, German Low German gellen, German gellen.
• Borrowed from Scots yeld ("ceasing to give milk").