yeller

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UK/ˈjɛlə/US/ˈjɛlɚ/

noun

Someone who yells.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

yeller1

nounyeller (plural yellers)

plural yellers

  1. Someone who yells.

yeller2

adjectiveyeller (comparative more yeller, superlative most yeller)

comparative more yeller · superlative most yeller · alternative yaller

  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of yellow.

    Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

    1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

yeller · adjective

Eye dialect.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

yeller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeller

MLA

“yeller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeller. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yeller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeller.

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