Hypertext Webster Gateway: "yelling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yell \Yell\ (y[e^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yelled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Yelling}.] [OE. yellen, [yogh]ellen, AS. giellan, gillan,
gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel.
gjalla, Sw. g["a]lla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., &
OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf. 1st {Gale}, and
{Nightingale}.]
To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream
as with agony or horror.
They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. --Chaucer.
Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.
--Spenser.
Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed
thee; some howled, some yelled. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
yelling
adj : noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying
mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans";
"the yelling fiend" [syn: {crying}, {howling}, {shouting}]
n : uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
[syn: {shouting}]
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