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ul·u·late

 (ŭl′yə-lāt′, yo͞ol′-)
intr.v. ul·u·lat·ed, ul·u·lat·ing, ul·u·lates
To howl, wail, or lament loudly, especially by alternating rapidly between two high-pitched sounds.

[Latin ululāre, ululāt-, ultimately of imitative origin.]

ul′u·lant (-lənt) adj.
ul′u·la′tion n.
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ululate

(ˈjuːljʊˌleɪt)
vb
(intr) to howl or wail, as with grief
[C17: from Latin ululāre to howl, from ulula screech owl]
ˈululant adj
ˌuluˈlation n
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ul•u•late

(ˈʌl yəˌleɪt, ˈyul-)

v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
1. to howl, hoot, or wail.
2. to lament loudly and shrilly.
[1615–25; < Latin ululātus, past participle of ululāre to howl, shriek, of imitative orig.]
ul`u•la′tion, n.
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ululate


Past participle: ululated
Gerund: ululating

Imperative
ululate
ululate
Present
I ululate
you ululate
he/she/it ululates
we ululate
you ululate
they ululate
Preterite
I ululated
you ululated
he/she/it ululated
we ululated
you ululated
they ululated
Present Continuous
I am ululating
you are ululating
he/she/it is ululating
we are ululating
you are ululating
they are ululating
Present Perfect
I have ululated
you have ululated
he/she/it has ululated
we have ululated
you have ululated
they have ululated
Past Continuous
I was ululating
you were ululating
he/she/it was ululating
we were ululating
you were ululating
they were ululating
Past Perfect
I had ululated
you had ululated
he/she/it had ululated
we had ululated
you had ululated
they had ululated
Future
I will ululate
you will ululate
he/she/it will ululate
we will ululate
you will ululate
they will ululate
Future Perfect
I will have ululated
you will have ululated
he/she/it will have ululated
we will have ululated
you will have ululated
they will have ululated
Future Continuous
I will be ululating
you will be ululating
he/she/it will be ululating
we will be ululating
you will be ululating
they will be ululating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ululating
you have been ululating
he/she/it has been ululating
we have been ululating
you have been ululating
they have been ululating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ululating
you will have been ululating
he/she/it will have been ululating
we will have been ululating
you will have been ululating
they will have been ululating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ululating
you had been ululating
he/she/it had been ululating
we had been ululating
you had been ululating
they had been ululating
Conditional
I would ululate
you would ululate
he/she/it would ululate
we would ululate
you would ululate
they would ululate
Past Conditional
I would have ululated
you would have ululated
he/she/it would have ululated
we would have ululated
you would have ululated
they would have ululated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.ululate - emit long loud criesululate - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
cry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
squall, waul, wawl - make high-pitched, whiney noises
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ululate

verb
To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound:
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Translations

ululate

[ˈjuːljʊleɪt] VIulular
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ululate

vi (liter, mourning women) → (weh)klagen (liter); (dog etc)heulen
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References in periodicals archive ?
Raila and Wetang'ula joined in to dance as they ululated.
Young men banged drums, people honked their car horns, and women carrying Sudanese flags ululated in jubilation.
On the other hand, her sister Rabah has been fined 500 pounds after admitting before the judge that she ululated in order to stir up the enthusiasm of the protesters.
Relatives waiting at the scene ululated, cheered and hugged each other.
The sympathetic crowd ululated. Yet, with her son in that casket, her hope was castrated.
Onstage in Hudson, the red-headed and plaid-stockinged Goldman swayed, twirled her hands, and smiled as she hit a series of clean high notes on "Laundrette." During the chorus to "Private Armies" she ululated and bellowed, throwing her arms out and scowling through the song's descriptions of bloody streets.
Drenched in rain and smeared in green, her party men danced in the rains with posters of Mamata as women blew conch shells and ululated in joy.
Women chanted his name and ululated as they stood in line to vote, while a pro-army song popularized after Mursi's overthrow blared from cars.
Some wept and women ululated defiantly as each body was taken from the makeshift morgue in a marble-floored section of the mosque.
Women ululated, relatives hugged each other and shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest).
At the side of the road, a middle-aged woman carrying a child ululated as the campaign passed through, but she admitted she wasn't sure she was going to vote at all.