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[ noun ] a long loud emotional utterance
Examples "he gave a howl of pain" "howls of laughter" "their howling had no effect" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Before you let_loose a howl saying we announced its coming , not once but several times , indeed we did . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Piepsam calls the cyclist `` cur '' and `` puppy '' among other things , and at the crisis of his fit a little fox-terrier stands before him and howls into his face . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)The patrol snaked around in back of the cave , approached it from above and dropped in suddenly with wild howls . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)Such was the impromptu that Voltaire gave to howls of laughter at Sans_Souci and that was soon circulated in manuscript throughout the literary circles of Europe , to be printed sometime later , but with the name of Timon_of_Athens , the famous misanthrope , substituted for that of Rousseau . |
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[ verb ] make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
Synonyms Examples "The wind was howling in the trees" "The water roared down the chute" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
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