ULULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ululation mean? 

• ULULATION (noun)
  The noun ULULATION has 1 sense:

1. a long loud emotional utterance

  Familiarity information: ULULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long loud emotional utterance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

howl; howling; ululation

Context example:

their howling had no effect

Hypernyms ("ululation" is a kind of...):

utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)

Derivation:

ululate (emit long loud cries)

 Context examples 

As we started there broke from the thick silent woods behind us a sudden great ululation of the ape-men, which may have been a cheer of triumph at our departure or a jeer of contempt at our flight.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)