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{
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"ululate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to utter a loud, usually protracted, high-pitched, rhythmical sound especially as an expression of sorrow, joy, celebration, or reverence : howl":[
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"\u2026 eight singers took to the aisle, dancing with ferocious energy as the chorus sang, ululated and clapped in an exuberant, multisensory ode to joy.",
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"\u2014 Susan Saccoccia",
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"As soon as he said our mother's name, my sisters began to wail: keening, ululating cries, the Greek expression of sorrow for the dead.",
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"\u2014 Nicholas Gage"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a widow ululating in sorrow",
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"Arab women ululating with grief.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Individual voices \u2014 chanting, ululating , cracking, squealing, howling \u2014 gradually emerge over speakers, as does a soft, smooth choral harmony underneath. \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
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"No, but their enjoyment of their visit to The Bean stands to be dramatically impaired if the immediately surrounding area becomes a boisterous daily forum for competing religious, political and social activists ululating for attention. \u2014 Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2019",
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"Memes of women praising the crown prince and ululating in celebration danced around the Internet. \u2014 Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2019",
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"People in the courtroom were ecstatic, leaping up, clapping and ululating , LEGABIBO legal policy director Caine Youngman told The Associated Press. \u2014 NBC News , 11 June 2019",
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"People in the courtroom were ecstatic, leaping up, clapping and ululating , LEGABIBO legal policy director Caine Youngman told The Associated Press. \u2014 Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2019",
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"Women ululated as Francis and the king walked along the promenade of the Hassan Tower complex under umbrellas. \u2014 Amira El Masaiti, The Seattle Times , 31 Mar. 2019",
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"Sam and Bash force the quiet Indian-American student Arthie Premkumar (Sunita Mani) to play Beirut the Mad Bomber, a Lebanese terrorist who growls and ululates . \u2014 Judy Berman, New York Times , 25 June 2018",
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"The crowd ululates and the black BMW disappears as supporters cut toward it. \u2014 Laignee Barron / Kedah, Time , 8 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin ululatus , past participle of ululare , of imitative origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8y\u00fcl-",
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"\u02c8\u0259l-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bay",
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"howl",
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"keen",
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"wail",
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"yowl"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184502",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |