0 to make a long, high, unhappy cry, usually when hurt or fighting:
1 a long, high, unhappy cry, usually made by an animal that is hurt or fighting:
I keep hearing some kid yowling somewhere in the neighbourhood and thinking it's Sam.
I could pick out the high-pitched yowls of the pups.
The family were concerned by loud yowls coming from their backyard every night.
A strange plaintive yowl had curdled through the hushed wood.
No amount of yowling and scowling will get over that fact.
He yowls and the cats rush into battle.
When hurt or afraid, they shriek, yowl, or whimper.