From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Meanings
A shout.
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:
sa क्रोश (a shout) · ga liú (a shout) · gl alarido (a shout) · gl berro (a shout) · izh möry (a shout) · es grito (a shout) · uk крик (a shout) · izh kiljahus (a shout) · es voceo (a shout) · eo kriego (a slogan to be shouted) · bg крясък (a shout) · gl grito (a shout) · enm yel (a shout) · es gritoneo (a shout) · es vociferación (a shout) · bg вик (a shout) · fi huuto (a shout) · uk ве́реск (a shout) · az anqırtı (a shout)
From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
(transitive) To convey by shouting.
He yelled directions to the party from the car.
(followed by at, informal, usually) To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.
that uncle sent some … email yelling about how changing the name of Fort Bragg was outrageous 2023 November 10, "TalkThirtyToMe", Instagram post
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:
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.
If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.