yelling

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The act of producing a loud, sharp cry or shout.

   The yelling between the two drivers quickly drew a crowd.

   Hours of yelling on the sideline left the coach hoarse.

   Similarshouting, screaming, hollering, bellowing

   Oppositewhispering

   Note

   Here the -ing form has settled into an ordinary noun, one old enough to appear in Middle English as yellynge. Unlike the gerund, it takes articles and adjectives rather than direct objects, as in the yelling between the drivers. It can even go plural, yellings, for separate bouts of shouting.

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of yell.

   The coach is yelling instructions from the sideline.

   Protesters were yelling slogans outside the courthouse.

   Note

   The form that carries yell into progressive and noun-like positions. After be it makes the progressive (she was yelling). As a gerund it can stand as a subject or follow a preposition while still taking an object, as in yelling slogans. It works with or without an object, and in informal speech it can mean scolding someone loudly rather than simply shouting.

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