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howling

[hou-ling] / ˈhaʊ lɪŋ /














NOUN
yelling
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Seven-foot waves tossed the boat in a howling gale.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Caspian “C-Bird” Hollywell’s wide-eyed, frenetic energy and howling vocals come up against the sweet, mournful steel pedal guitar of suit-and-tie-wearing “Razor” Ramon Santos.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2026

A 19th-Century Anglo-Indian journal derided the voices of boys playing women as "discordant", comparing them unfavourably to "howling jackals".

From BBC Apr. 4, 2026

"To find wolf kills locally, ravens likely use short-range cues, like monitoring wolf behavior or listening to wolf howling," says Loretto.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2026

No Mother howling about my responsibility to the pack.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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