0 a long, high cry with the mouth and tongue that changes between two or three notes, often to show emotion at a ceremony such as a wedding or funeral:
Towns were dust, streets were rubble, and all about rang the ululations of grief.
After a few moments a strange ululation sounded, a despairing cry.
She punctuates her song with quavering wails (properly called ululations) that have a strong spice of North Africa.
