yell

present singular third person yells · participle present yelling · participle past yelled · past yelled

1. intransitiveTo shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.

   Synonyms: call, cry, holler, shout

2. transitiveTo convey by shouting.

   He yelled directions to the party from the car.

3. informalusuallyTo tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.

   If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.

   3 more examples

   They sent another email yelling at us to get our reports in on time. (or) They sent another email yelling about how we had to get our reports in on time.

   Nobody likes to receive an email yelling 'ASAP' right in the subject line.

   2020 August 12, Nils van Dam, Dado Van Peteghem, Metasystems: How trust can change the world, Die Keure Publishing, →ISBN

   that uncle sent some … email yelling about how changing the name of Fort Bragg was outrageous

   2023 November 10, "TalkThirtyToMe", Instagram post

plural yells

1. A shout.
2. A phrase to be shouted.

   After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings[…]

   1912, The Michigan Alumnus, volume 18, page 152

1. Ulsternot comparabledry (of cow)

1. The second-largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
2. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States, named after Archibald Yell.
3. A surname.