ululation

Roget category 412

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#412. [Animal sounds.] Ululation

noun

cry etc. v. — crying etc. v. — bowwow, ululation, latration^†, belling — reboation^† — wood-note — insect cry, fritiniancy^†, drone — screech owl — cuckoo.
wailing (lamentation) 839.

verb

cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow^† — growl, snarl.
[specific animal sounds] bark [dog, seal]; bow-wow, yelp [dog] — bay, bay at the moon [dog, wolf]; yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr^†, yawl, snarl, howl [dog, wolf]; grunt, gruntle^† — snort [pig, hog, swine, horse]; squeak, [swine, mouse]; neigh, whinny [horse] — bray [donkey, mule, hinny, ass]; mew, mewl [kitten] — meow [cat] — purr [cat] — caterwaul, pule [cats] — baa^†, bleat [lamb] — low, moo [cow, cattle]; troat^†, croak, peep [frog] — coo [dove, pigeon]; gobble [turkeys] — quack [duck] — honk, gaggle, guggle [goose] — crow, caw, squawk, screech, [crow] — cackle, cluck, clack [hen, rooster, poultry]; chuck, chuckle — hoot, hoo [owl] — chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle [small birds] — hum [insects, hummingbird]; buzz [flying insects, bugs]; hiss [snakes, geese]; blatter^† — ratatat [woodpecker].

adjective

crying etc. v. — blatant, latrant^†, remugient^†, mugient^† — deep-mouthed, full-mouthed — rebellowing^†, reboant^†.

adverb

in full cry.
(iii) MUSICAL SOUNDS

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