Ululation

//juːljʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of ululating; a long, loud, wavering cry or howl.

    "The overthrown Martian set up a prolonged ululation, and immediately a second glittering giant, answering him, appeared over the trees[.]"

  2. 2
    a long loud emotional utterance wordnet

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howlbarkbawlbaybayingbirdcall

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"The overthrown Martian set up a prolonged ululation, and immediately a second glittering giant, answering him, appeared over the trees[.]"

Etymology

] Borrowed from Latin ululātiō, from ululō (“to howl, shriek, yell”) (from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root) + -ātiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)).

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