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howl

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"Long cry"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaʊ̯l/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hlowStarts with HEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Word origin

From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin.

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he fox was out on love-adventures, abused his rivals, and uttered scoffing screams and howls.
  • All at once the cat thrust her paw inside the ring again, but the tailor was quick as lightning and chopped the paw off. The cats set up a terrible howl, and away they rushed through the door as fast as they could.
  • Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]

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