Dictionary Entry
howl
howl is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
- 2intransitive verb
To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
- 3intransitive verb
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
- 4transitive verb
To utter with outcry.
- 5noun
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
- 6noun
A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
- 7noun
a long loud emotional utterance
"he gave a howl of pain"
"howls of laughter"
- 8noun
a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound
"the howl of the wind made him restless"
- 9noun
the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
- 10verb
laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
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- 11verb
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
"The wind was howling in the trees"
"The water roared down the chute"
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- 12verb
emit long loud cries
"wail in self-pity"
"howl with sorrow"
- 13verb
cry loudly, as of animals
"The coyotes were howling in the desert"
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