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YELLING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement

Synonyms:

shouting; yelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("yelling" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb yell

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 Context examples: 

And then, as half the crowd strained to the left and half to the right to avoid the pressure from behind, the vast mass was suddenly reft in twain, and through the gap surged the rough fellows from behind, all armed with loaded sticks and yelling for Fair play and Gloucester!

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We heard you yelling, so I said to Doc Civet here: 'There's somebody that needs your help, Doc.'

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)