Usually means: Long, loud, emotional howling sound.
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  1. ululation: Merriam-Webster
  2. ululation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ululation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ululation: Vocabulary.com
  5. ululation: Wordnik
  6. ululation: Wiktionary
  7. ululation: Dictionary.com
  8. ululation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Ululation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Ululation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. ululation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. ululation: Rhymezone
  13. Ululation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. ululation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. ululation: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ululation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ululation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ululation: Encyclopedia

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  1. Ululation: MedFriendly Glossary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (ululation)

▸ noun:  The act of ululating; a long, loud, wavering cry or howl.

Similar:
howl, yowl, wailing, wauling, baying, wawling, blare, squalling, vociferation, kyoodle, more...

Opposite:
silence, quiet, hush

Adjectives:
shrill, long, racialized, wild, pitched, loud, high, prolonged, distant, usual, feminine
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Similar:
howl, yowl, wailing, wauling, baying, wawling, blare, squalling, vociferation, kyoodle, more...

Opposite:
silence, quiet, hush

Adjectives:
shrill, long, racialized, wild, pitched, loud, high, prolonged, distant, usual, feminine



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