Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Yell /(yĕl)/ · IPA /jɛl/ v. i. v. t. n. 01 v. i. To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. imp. & p. p. Yelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling 1. To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. “They yelleden as feendes doon in helle.” — Chaucer. “Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.” — Spenser. “Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled.” — Milton. 02 v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. 1. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. 03 n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. 1. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. “Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin.” — J. Philips.