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noun

Howl n.

The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.

A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

verb

Howl v. t. To utter with outcry. "Go... howl it out in deserts."

Howl v. i. (past & past part. howled; pres. part. howling)

To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. "And dogs in corners set them down to howl." "Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears."

To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. "Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand."

To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. "Wild howled the wind."

Howling monkey. (Zool.) See Howler, 2.

Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts.

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"Howl" Quotes from Famous Books

... save for the thud, thud, thud of the oarlocks of a small boat approaching our ship and the dismal howl of a solitary "husky" dog somewhere ashore. The captain had preceded me on deck, and in answer to my inquiries as to her identity said he did not know whether the stranger at anchor was the Harlow or not, ...

— The Long Labrador Trail • Dillon Wallace

... how when the neighbours hired the orchard that ran up to the windows at the back of the house, the dogs they kept there used to howl so wildly and wolfishly all night among the trees, and prowl under the walls of the house so dejectedly, that they were fain to open the door and let them in at last; and, indeed, small need was there for dogs; for no one, young or old, dared go near the orchard after night-fall. No, the burnished ...

— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

... received—though the blood flowing from the wound trickled over into my eyes and almost blinded me—I rushed down the mountain side with the speed of the wind. In a short time I had descended nearly a third of the distance, and the savages had ceased their cries, when suddenly a terrific howl burst upon my ear, and at the same moment a heavy javelin darted past me as I fled, and stuck quivering in a tree close to me. Another yell followed, and a second spear and a third shot through the air within ...

— Typee - A Romance of the South Sea • Herman Melville

... upon which we have to reckon. The Conservative Government, it should be added, greeted by a howl of disapproval even from its own supporters at the anomalies which it proposed to leave unredressed, appointed a Special Committee, the report of which was a posthumous child of the ministry which ...

— Ireland and the Home Rule Movement • Michael F. J. McDonnell

... howl, a rush and a roar the storm was upon them. Never had the moving picture girls or their friends ever seen, heard or ...

— The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch - Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys • Laura Lee Hope

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