# yell

Pronunciation: say "YEL" /jɛl/

## Verb

1. To make a loud cry with the voice, especially to express strong feelings like anger or excitement.
   - Simple: To shout very loudly, often because you are angry or excited.
   - _He yelled in frustration when the computer crashed again._
   - _Children often yell when they get excited at the playground._
3. To communicate something by shouting it.
   - Simple: To say something by shouting it out loud.
   - _She yelled a warning seconds before the branch fell._
   - _Drivers yell directions to each other across the noisy dock._
4. To scold or tell someone off, usually loudly and angrily. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To scold someone loudly in an angry way.
   - _The manager yelled at the new hire in front of everyone._
   - _Parents sometimes yell when they are stressed and tired._

## Noun

2. A loud cry made with the voice.
   - Simple: A loud cry or shout.
   - _A sudden yell from the back of the crowd startled the speaker._
   - _Her yells of warning went unheard over the roar of the machines._
5. A set phrase or chant meant to be shouted, especially by a group as a cheer.
   - Simple: A short set of words that a group shouts together, like a team cheer.
   - _Students learned the team's yell during their first week on campus._
   - _The captain led a yell to fire up the crowd before kickoff._

## Adjective

6. Of a cow, not in milk; dry. *(dialectal, Ulster)*
   - Simple: Of a cow, not giving any milk.
   - _Most of the herd was yell by late fall._
   - _A yell cow eats feed but returns no milk._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–5** — From Middle English ȝellen (yellen), from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. It is related to Dutch gillen and German gellen, all meaning "to yell."
**Meaning 6** — Borrowed from Scots yeld, meaning "ceasing to give milk."

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