ululate

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Confetti and rosebuds are showered over Maysa Monem and her new husband as women ululate - while inside the Sheraton's ballroom, 300 friends and family wait, along with a luxurious,

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  1. intransitive verb To howl, wail, or lament loudly.

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  • "The brother has returned, oh my eye … don't cry! the brother has returned on the shoulders of his comrades and admirers the brother has returned, oh mom, ululate him the martyr's blood is a debt on us." —  Palestine Chronicle - Headlines
  • Still, now the Oasis can go to Abu Dhabi, genuflect, ululate, slobber all over the Sultan and ask him to offer maybe 250M quid for pretty Ronnie. —  CaughtOffside.com
  • Sitting side by side, clothed in bright traditional outfits complete with headgear, they looked like any of the women who always dance and ululate for politicians at rallies. —  Global Issues News Headlines
  • Lilongwe - Sitting side by side, clothed in bright traditional outfits complete with headgear, they looked like any of the women who always dance and ululate for politicians at rallies. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
  • Confetti and rosebuds are showered over Maysa Monem and her new husband as women ululate - while inside the Sheraton's ballroom, 300 friends and family wait, along with a luxurious, —  The Bellingham Herald: Sports News
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  1. Latin ululāre, ululāt-, ultimately of imitative origin.

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  1. from Italian ululare, ulolare = Spanish Portuguese ulular), howl, screech: see owl.
 

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/ˈəljuleɪt/
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