yowl

From Middle English yollen, past participle of yellen (“to yell”). More at yell, yollen.

yowl (plural yowls)

1. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)

1. (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
2. (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

• yowler

• Lowy, owly